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funicular

fu·ni·cu·lar

uncommon
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

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relating to or operated by a cable

  • “funicular railway”

noun

1.

a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars

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From Latin fūniculus (“thinner cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“rope, cord”) + -culus. By surface analysis, funicul(us) + -ar.

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