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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
funicular
    adj 1: relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway"
    n 1: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving
         cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending
         cars [syn: cable railway, funicular, funicular
         railway]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Funicular \Fu*nic"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. funiculaire.]
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   1. Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
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   2. Dependent on the tension of a cord.
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   3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or
      resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular
      ligament.
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   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.
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Thesaurus Results for Funicular:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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