fu·nic·u·lar

(fyo͝o-nĭk′yə-lər, fə-)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a rope or cord.

2. Operated or moved by a cable.

3. Of, relating to, or constituting a funiculus.

A cable railway on a steep incline, especially such a railway with simultaneously ascending and descending cars counterbalancing one another.

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funicular

(fjuːˈnɪkjʊlə)

(Railways) Also called: funicular railway a railway up the side of a mountain, consisting of a counterbalanced car sat either end of a cable passing round a driving wheel at the summit

adj

1. (General Engineering) relating to or operated by a rope, cable, etc

2. (Botany) of or relating to a funicle

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fu•nic•u•lar

(fyuˈnɪk yə lər)

adj.

1. of or pertaining to a rope or cord, or its tension.

2. worked by a rope or the like.

3. funicular railway.

[1655–65; < Latin fūnicul(us) (see funiculus) + -ar¹]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	funicular - a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars cable railway, funicular railway cable car, car - a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
Adj.	1.	funicular - relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway"

Translations

قِطار سِلْكي

lanová dráha

tovbane

Drahtseilbahn

funiculaire

togbraut

funicolare funivia

funikulierius

funikulieris

kabelbane

fünikülerkablolu işleyen tren

缆索铁道

funicular

[fjuːˈnɪkjʊlə^r] n (also funicular railway) → funiculaire m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

funicular (railway)

n → Seilbahn f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

funicular

[fjuːˈnɪkjʊləʳ]

1. n (also funicular railway) → funicolare f

2. adj → funicolare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

funicular

(fjuˈnikjulə) : funicular (railway) noun

a kind of railway in which carriages are pulled uphill by cable etc.

fu·nic·u·lar

a. funicular, rel. al cordón umbilical o espermático.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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References in classic literature

They had made a gas recharging station at the corner of the American Fall above the funicular railway, and they were, opening up a much larger area to the south for the same purpose.

View in context

Then a few miles away, at the top of Cairn Gorm, I got out of the new funicular train to the summit and ventured on to the viewing platform.

WEEKEND: TRAVEL: Highland fling in the royals' back garden; VIEWS ARE SUITABLY MAJESTIC AMONG MOUNTAINS AND FORESTS OF THE CAIRNGORMS

The final stage of the project, due for completion next year, will incorporate a funicular railway that climbs the castle ramparts from the north, and a serpentine landscaped path down to a tiny extramural chapel that has its origins in a Roman temple of Jupiter.

View from Lisbon: in Portugal, traditions of craftsmanship and urbanity are translated for the modern world by a masterly group of architects working in stone and concrete

The Directive lays down health and safety, environmental protection and consumer protection requirements for the design, construction and entry into service of cableway installations such as funicular railways, cable cars, chair-lifts, drag lifts, etc.

TRANSPORT: EIGHT MEMBER STATES WARNED OVER CABLEWAY DIRECTIVE

En el pasado, los visitantes que querian subir mas alla de la estacion del funicular o el estacionamiento en la base de la estatua de casi 30 metros de alto, tenian que subir por la escalera.

Ascenso monumental. (Clase Ejecutiva)

See Juliet's balcony in Verona, visit the breathtaking St Francis Basilica in Assisi and enjoy a funicular train ride to Capri Town.

Holiday Mercury: Stylish sight-seeing

Anyone looking for a morsel of hope or reassurance in the initial assessment of the problems afflicting Cairngorm Mountain's non-functioning funicular will have to look extremely hard to find either.

Funicular' s future is now on the line; The Voice of the North

looking forward to an old fashioned tram ride, followed by the funicular railway to get us to the top of Tibidabo We got as far as the were met with the same weather message.

Five-star attraction

It was Cora's father who told her that the words "que sera" were Italian, just as he told her, too, what funicular meant and what curlicues were.

MORNINGSERIAL

Emergency services launched a wide-scale search and the wreckage of an aircraft was today discovered on Cairngorm Mountain, just over half a mile from the Funicular Railway.

britain ROUND-UP: Body found in aircraft wreck

RAF spokesman Michael Mulford said witnesses reported seeing the aircraft heading south above The Ptarmigan restaurant at the top of the Cairngorm funicular railway.

Man dead in plane wreckage; CRASH