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 Definitions of funicular  [ˈnɪk yə lər]  

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Definition of 'funicular' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) funicular
of or pertaining to a rope or cord, or its tension.

2.  funicular
worked by a rope or the like.

Etymology:  (1655–65; < L fūnicul(us) (see funiculus ) + -ar1)

Definition of 'funicular' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) cable railway, funicular, funicular railway
a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars

2. (adj) funicular
relating to or operated by a cable
"funicular railway"


Definition of 'funicular' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) funicular
consisting of a small cord or fiber

2. (adj) funicular
dependent on the tension of a cord

3. (adj) funicular
pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament


Translation of 'funicular' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a kind of railway in which carriages are pulled uphill by cable etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kabelweg Arabic flag Arabic: قِطار سِلْكي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: въжен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: funicular Czech flag Czech: lanová dráha German flag German: die Drahtseilbahn
Danish flag Danish: tovbane Greek flag Greek: τελεφερίκ Spanish flag Spanish: funicular
Estonian flag Estonian: köisraudtee Farsi flag Farsi: قطار کابلی Finnish flag Finnish: köysirata
French flag French: funiculaire Hebrew flag Hebrew: רַכֶּבֶת כְּבָלִים Hindi flag Hindi: बिजली के तारों पर चलने वा
Croatian flag Croatian: žičana željeznica, uspinj Hungarian flag Hungarian: drótkötélpálya Indonesian flag Indonesian: kereta kabel
Icelandic flag Icelandic: togbraut Italian flag Italian: funicolare Japanese flag Japanese: ケーブル鉄道
Korean flag Korean: 강삭 철도 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: funikulierius, keltuvas Latvian flag Latvian: funikulieris
Malay flag Malay: kereta kabel Dutch flag Dutch: kabelbaan Norwegian flag Norwegian: kabel-/taubane
Polish flag Polish: kolejka linowa Persian flag Persian: قطار کابلی Pashto flag Pashto: ریل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: funicular Romanian flag Romanian: funicular Russian flag Russian: фуникулёр
Slovak flag Slovak: (pozemná) lanovka Slovenian flag Slovenian: žičnica Serbian flag Serbian: žičara
Swedish flag Swedish: bergbana Thai flag Thai: กระเช้า Turkish flag Turkish: füniküler, kablolu işleye
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 纜索鐵道 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: фунікулер, канатна залізн Urdu flag Urdu: پہاڑی تار پر چلنے والی ری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đường sắt leo núi Chinese flag Chinese: 缆索铁道

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