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Funicular
Meaning
Adj
●
Of,
pertaining
to,
resembling
, or
powered
by a
rope
or cable
●
In Medicine:
Of or
pertaining
to the
umbilical
cord.
●
In Botany:
Having a
fleshy
covering
of the
seed
formed
from the
funiculus
, the
attachment
point of the
seed
.
●
In Curves, Geometry & Hyperbolic functions:
catenary
Noun
●
In Rail transportation:
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
moving
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.
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Origin
funicular
English
funiculus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Gondola
Monorail
Tram
Tramway
Chairlift
Railway
Cable Car
Water Taxi
Cog Railway
Shuttle Bus
Railway Line
Suspension Bridge
Rhymes
Acicular
Avicular
Reticular
Radicular
Ossicular
Cuticular
Orbicular
Utricular
Funicular
Navicular
Auricular
Vesicular
Vehicular
Articular
Canicular
Pedicular
Clavicular
Curricular
Vermicular
Particular
Lenticular
Follicular
Fascicular
Versicular
Testicular
Ventricular
Canalicular
Biauricular
Subauricular
Epicuticular
Preauricular
Diverticular
Nonauricular
Appendicular
Cocurricular
Periauricular
Subclavicular
Monoauricular
Perpendicular
Postauricular
Sinoauricular
Midclavicular
Conoauricular
Transauricular
Postclavicular
Overparticular
Interauricular
Periclavicular
Extravehicular
Retroauricular
Medioclavicular
Supraclavicular
Intraclavicular
Extracurricular
Infraclavicular
Costoclavicular
Interclavicular
Sternoclavicular
Temporoauricular
Coracoclavicular
Acromioclavicular
Scapuloclavicular
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