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funicular railway

funicular railway noun: a cable railway on an incline; especially one which operates on two tracks (or with a passing loop), with a pair of vehicles counterbalancing each other.

Noun

funicular railway (plural funicular railways)

  1. A cable railway on an incline; especially one which operates on two tracks (or with a passing loop), with a pair of vehicles counterbalancing each other.
    • Funicular railways take gradients to the extreme, running two cars in counterbalanced, contrary motion over often-perilous cliff inclines. [...] Britain's first funicular railways arrived in Scarborough in the 1870s.2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 50

Forms of funicular railway

pluralfunicular railways

Questions about funicular railway

What does funicular railway mean?
Funicular railway means a cable railway on an incline; especially one which operates on two tracks (or with a passing loop), with a pair of vehicles counterbalancing each other.
What part of speech is funicular railway?
Funicular railway is a noun.
What is the plural of funicular railway?
The plural of funicular railway is funicular railways.

Words near funicular railway in the dictionary

  1. funicle
  2. funicles
  3. funicular
  4. funicular polygon
  5. funicular polygons
  6. funicular railway
  7. funicular railways
  8. funicularly
  9. funiculars
  10. funiculate
  11. funiculi

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