Meaning funicular
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funicular1660s, from funicle "a small cord" (1660s), from Latin funiculus "a slender rope," diminutive of funis "a cord, rope," of unknown etymology. De Vaan suggests it is a deri [..]
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funicular(n) a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars(adj) relating to or operated by a cable
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funicular
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
(botany) Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.
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