telpher

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The word should, by the ordinary rules of derivation, be telphorage; but as this word sounds badly to my ear, I ventured to adopt such a modified form as constant usage in England for a few centuries might have produced, and I was the more ready to trust to my ear in the matter because the word telpher relieves us from the confusion which might arise between telephore and telephone, when written.

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  1. noun A small traveling car, usually driven by electricity, suspended from or moving on an overhead rail or cable.
  2. noun A transportation system using telphers.
  3. transitive verb To transport by telpher.

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  1. Alteration of telepher : tele- + Greek pherein, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Irreg. from tel(egraph) + Greek φέρειν, carry, = English bear. Cf. telpherage.
 

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/ˈtɛlfər/
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