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funiculars

funiculars is the plural of funicular.

Meaning of funicular

Noun

funicular (plural funiculars)

  1. A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single pair of tracks, with the cars linked by a moving 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.
    • England's funiculars mostly hug the coast, and this is no coincidence. The development of the Victorian and Edwardian seaside resort played a central role in the uptake of funicular railways across England.2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 50

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Questions about funiculars

What is funiculars the plural of?
Funiculars is the plural of funicular.

Words near funiculars in the dictionary

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

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