Funicular

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a rope or cord.
  • adj. Operated or moved by a cable.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or constituting a funiculus.
  • n. A cable railway on a steep incline, especially such a railway with simultaneously ascending and descending cars counterbalancing one another.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
  • adj. Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.
  • n. A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
  • adj. Dependent on the tension of a cord.
  • adj. Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the character of a funicle; constituting a funiculus; relating to the hypothesis of a funiculus, or self-contracting ether.
  • In anatomy, relating or pertaining to the funis umbilicalis: as, the funicular process of the peritoneum.
  • n. The funicular polygon.
  • In anatomy: Resembling a cord or rope: a term used in describing the arrangement of muscle- or nerve-fibers.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. relating to or operated by a cable
  • n. a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
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