About The Word Funicular
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Funicular
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What's The Definition Of Funicular?
[n] a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
[adj] relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway" Synonyms | Synonyms for Funicular: cable railway | funicular railway Related Terms | Find terms related to Funicular: Amtrak | baggage train | cable railroad | cable railway | cableway | capillary | choo-choo | cirrose | cirrous | cog railroad | cog railway | el | electric | electric train | elevated | express | express train | fibered | fibroid | fibrous | flagelliform | flier | flossy | freight | freight train | freighter | funicular railway | goods train | gossamery | hairlike | hairy | interurban | ligamental | lightning express | limited | local | metro | milk train | monorail | parliamentary | parliamentary train | passenger train | rack-and-pinion railroad | railroad train | rattler | rolling stock | rope railway | ropy | shuttle | shuttle train | silky | ski lift | special | streamliner | stringy | subway | taeniate | taeniform | telpher | telpher line | telpher ropeway | telpherway | threadlike | thready | train | tube | underground | way train | wire ropeway | wireway | wiry See Also | cable car | car | railroad | railroad line | railway | railway line | railway system Funicular In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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