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Adjective: funicular  fyoo'ni-kyu-lu(r)
  1. Relating to or operated by a cable
    "funicular railway"
Noun: funicular  fyoo'ni-kyu-lu(r)
  1. A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
    "The funicular provided easy access to the hilltop restaurant"; "The city's historic funicular railway was a popular attraction for visitors";
    - cable railway, funicular railway

Derived forms: funiculars

Type of: rail, railroad [N. Amer], railroad line [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway line [Brit, Cdn], railway system [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Funicular