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funicular

The correct spelling is funicular.

How to pronounce funicular

noun

Say it like: Fun-icu-lar

The correct spelling is funicular. A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a cable and an…

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.

adjective

  1. 1.Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
  2. 2.Of or pertaining to the umbilical cord.
  3. 3.Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.

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