funicular

[fyoo-nik-yuh-ler] Origin

fu·nic·u·lar

[fyoo-nik-yuh-ler]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to a rope or cord, or its tension.
2.
worked by a rope or the like.

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Origin:
1655–65; < Latin fūnicul(us) (see funiculus) + -ar1
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funicular (fjuːˈnɪkjʊlə)
 
n
1.  Also called: funicular railway a railway up the side of a mountain, consisting of two counterbalanced cars at either end of a cable passing round a driving wheel at the summit
 
adj
2.  relating to or operated by a rope, cable, etc
3.  of or relating to a funicle

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funicular
1660s, from L. funiculus, dim. of funis a cord, rope.
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