funicular
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Synonyms: cunicular, auricular, canicular, furcular, funiculate, genicular, unocular, funiculus, cuticular, funiculi, uniocular
Antonyms: cunicular, auricular, canicular, furcular, funiculate, genicular, unocular, funiculus, cuticular, funiculi, uniocular
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Adjective
- Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a [[rope]] or [[cable]].
- {{lb|en|medicine}} Of or pertaining to the [[umbilical cord]].
- {{lb|en|botany}} Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the [[funiculus]], the attachment point of the seed.
- {{lb|en|geometry}} {{syn of|en|catenary}}. {{C|en|Hyperbolic functions}} {{C|en|Curves}}
Noun
- A particular type of [[rail]] [[transit]] system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two [[car]]s sharing a single pair of [[track]]s, with the cars linked by a moving [[cable]] and an arrangement of [[pulley]]s such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as [[counterweight]]s for each other.
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