Telpher

tel′fėr, adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage.— n. Tel′pherage , a term coined by Prof. Fleeming Jenkin for a system of electric traction developed on an absolute automatic block system, the presence of a train on one section cutting off the supply of electric energy to the section behind, any mode of transport effected automatically with the aid of electricity. [Framed from tel (egraph)—Gr. tēle , far, pherein , to carry.]