funicular

  • 21funicular — a funicular shape is one similar to that taken by a suspended chain or string subjected to a particular loading …

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  • 22funicular — fu·nic·u·lar || fjuː nɪkjÉ™lÉ™(r) / jÊŠl n. funicular railway, steep railway operated by means of a cable which raises and lowers the cars (often with the ascending car counterbalancing the descending one) adj. of a rope or cord; operated by …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 23funicular — [fjʊ nɪkjʊlə, fə nɪk ] adjective 1》 (of a railway on a steep slope) operated by cable with ascending and descending cars counterbalanced. 2》 relating to a rope or its tension. noun a funicular railway. Origin C17: from L. funiculus (see… …

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  • 24funicular — fu•nic•u•lar [[t]fyuˈnɪk yə lər[/t]] adj. 1) mec of or pertaining to a rope or cord, or its tension 2) mec worked by a rope or the like 3) rai funicular railway • Etymology: 1655–65; < L fūnicul(us) (see funiculus) + ar I …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25funicular — /fəˈnɪkjələ / (say fuh nikyuhluh) adjective 1. of or relating to a rope or cord, or its tension. 2. worked by a rope or the like. 3. of or relating to a funicle. 4. of or relating to a funiculus. –noun 5. → funicular railway. {Latin fūniculus… …

  • 26funicular —   a. pertaining to small cord, rope or tension.    ♦ funicular railway, cable mountain railway.    ♦ funiform a. cord or rope like.    ♦ funipendulous, a. hanging by a rope …

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  • 27funicular — [19] A funicular railway is literally one that runs on a ‘rope’. The word was coined from Latin fūniculus, a diminutive form of fūnis ‘rope’ (a word of uncertain origin from which comes Italian fune ‘cable, rope’). Fūnus also gave English… …

    Word origins

  • 28funicular — 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 …

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  • 29Funicular de Pau — Vista del funicular desde la Plaza Real. Lugar Ubicación Pau …

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  • 30Funicular de Gelida — Lugar Ubicación Gelida, Cataluña …

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