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Funicular

Funicular Definition And Meaning
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 \Funic"ular\, 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.

Funicular Definition And Meaning

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

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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