FUNICULAR
Funicular
A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Funicular
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funicular
Noun
- A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a 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.
Adjective
- Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
- Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.
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