aerial cableway


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aerial cableway

[′e·rē·əl ′kā·bəl‚wā]
(mechanical engineering)
aerial tramway
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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