funicular

[fyoo-nik-yuh-ler]

adjective

of or relating to a rope or cord, or its tension.

worked by a rope or the like.

noun

funicular railway.

Origin of funicular

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

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Examples from the Web for funicular

Contemporary Examples of funicular

What was the thinking behind using models for the funicular that runs up to the hotel—and for the first shots of the hotel itself?
The Look of ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Andrew Romano
March 7, 2014

Historical Examples of funicular

They start along the terrace toward the station of the funicular railway.
A Book of Burlesques
H. L. Mencken
Can't you get aboard the funicular yourself and start your journey?
A Big Temptation
L. T. Meade
The case of the funicular polygon will be of use to us later.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8
Various
This is the origin of the names “link-polygon” and “funicular” (cf. 2).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8
Various
They insisted on bringing us down early for the funicular, and here are your bags.
Irma in Italy
Helen Leah Reed

British Dictionary definitions for funicular

funicular

noun

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

adjective

relating to or operated by a rope, cable, etc

of or relating to a funicle

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Word Origin and History for funicular

adj.

1660s, from Latin funiculus, diminutive of funis "a cord, rope."