funicular : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: funicular	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funicular adj relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway" n a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars Synonym(s): cable railway, funicular, funicular railway
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Funicular \Funic"ular\, a. [Cf. F. funiculaire.] 1. Consisting of a small cord or fiber. 2. Dependent on the tension of a cord. 3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. {Funicular action} (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a rope in drawing together the supports to which its ends are Fastened, when acted upon by forces applied in a direction transverse to the rope, as in the archer's bow. {Funicular curve}. Same as {Catenary}. {Funicular machine} (Mech.), an apparatus for illustrating certain principles in statics, consisting of a cord or chain attached at one end to a fixed point, and having the other passed over a pulley and sustaining a weight, while one or more other weights are suspended from the cord at points between the fixed support and the pulley. {Funicular polygon} (Mech.), the polygonal figure assumed by a cord fastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights at different points.