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Funicular definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUNIC'ULAR, a. Consisting of a small cord or fiber.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway" n
1: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars [syn: cable railway, funicular, funicular railway]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Latin funiculus Date: 1664 1. having the form of or associated with a cord usually under tension 2. [New Latin funiculus] of, relating to, or being a funiculus 3. of, relating to, or being a funicular <a funicular system> II. noun Date: 1911 a cable railway ascending a mountain; especially one in which an ascending car counterbalances a descending car

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a railway, esp. on a mountainside) operating by cable with ascending and descending cars counterbalanced. 2 of a rope or its tension. --n. a funicular railway. Etymology: L funiculus f. funis rope

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Funicular Fu*nic"u*lar, a. [Cf. F. funiculaire.] 1. Consisting of a small cord or fiber. 2. Dependent on the tension of a cord. 3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. Funicular action (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a rope in drawing together the supports to which its ends are Fastened, when acted upon by forces applied in a direction transverse to the rope, as in the archer's bow. Funicular curve. Same as Catenary. Funicular machine (Mech.), an apparatus for illustrating certain principles in statics, consisting of a cord or chain attached at one end to a fixed point, and having the other passed over a pulley and sustaining a weight, while one or more other weights are suspended from the cord at points between the fixed support and the pulley. Funicular polygon (Mech.), the polygonal figure assumed by a cord fastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights at different points.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A funicular or a funicular railway is a type of railway which goes up a very steep hill or mountain. A machine at the top of the slope pulls the carriage up the rails by a steel rope. N-SING

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