Meaning Of The Word Funicular

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What's The Definition Of Funicular?

funicular
singular noun: A funicular or a funicular railway is a type of railway which goes up a very steep hill or mountain. A machine at the top of the slope pulls the carriage up the rails by a steel rope.

funicular in American English
a mountain railway on which counterbalanced cars on parallel sets of rails are pulled up and lowered by cables
of or like a funiculus or funiculi
adjective: of or pertaining to a rope or cord, or its tension
noun

funicular in British English
adjective: relating to or operated by a rope, cable, etc
noun: a railway up the side of a mountain, consisting of a counterbalanced car sat either end of a cable passing round a driving wheel at the summit

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