Funicular \Fu*nic"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. funiculaire.]
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1. Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
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2. Dependent on the tension of a cord.
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3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or
resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular
ligament.
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Funicular action (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a
rope in drawing together the supports to which its ends
are Fastened, when acted upon by forces applied in a
direction transverse to the rope, as in the archer's bow.
Funicular curve. Same as Catenary.
Funicular machine (Mech.), an apparatus for illustrating
certain principles in statics, consisting of a cord or
chain attached at one end to a fixed point, and having the
other passed over a pulley and sustaining a weight, while
one or more other weights are suspended from the cord at
points between the fixed support and the pulley.
Funicular polygon (Mech.), the polygonal figure assumed by
a cord fastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights
at different points.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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71 Moby Thesaurus words for "funicular":
Amtrak, baggage train, cable railroad, cable railway, cableway,
capillary, choo-choo, cirrose, cirrous, cog railroad, cog railway,
el, electric, electric train, elevated, express, express train,
fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flier, flossy, freight,
freight train, freighter, funicular railway, goods train,
gossamery, hairlike, hairy, interurban, ligamental,
lightning express, limited, local, metro, milk train, monorail,
parliamentary, parliamentary train, passenger train,
rack-and-pinion railroad, railroad train, rattler, rolling stock,
rope railway, ropy, shuttle, shuttle train, silky, ski lift,
special, streamliner, stringy, subway, taeniate, taeniform,
telpher, telpher line, telpher ropeway, telpherway, threadlike,
thready, train, tube, underground, way train, wire ropeway,
wireway, wiry
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Funicular \Fu*nic"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. funiculaire.]
1. Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
2. Dependent on the tension of a cord.
3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or
resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular
ligament.
Funicular action (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a
rope in drawing together the supports to which its ends
are Fastened, when acted upon by forces applied in a
direction transverse to the rope, as in the archer's bow.
Funicular curve. Same as Catenary.
Funicular machine (Mech.), an apparatus for illustrating
certain principles in statics, consisting of a cord or
chain attached at one end to a fixed point, and having the
other passed over a pulley and sustaining a weight, while
one or more other weights are suspended from the cord at
points between the fixed support and the pulley.
Funicular polygon (Mech.), the polygonal figure assumed by
a cord fastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights
at different points.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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