Thesaurus: funicular

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1. a. Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
2. a. Dependent on the tension of a cord.
3. a. Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament.
4. adj. relating to or operated by a cable
5. n. a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
6. 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.
7. Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, afuniculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. Funicular action(Mech.), the force or action exerted by a rope in drawing togetherthe supports to which its ends are Fastened, when acted upon byforces applied in a direction transverse to the rope, as in thearcher's bow.-- Funicular curve. Same as Catenary.-- Funicular machine (Mech.), an apparatus for illustrating certainprinciples in statics, consisting of a cord or chain attached at oneend to a fixed point, and having the other passed over a pulley andsustaining a weight, while one or more other weights are suspendedfrom the cord at points between the fixed support and the pulley.-- Funicular polygon (Mech.), the polygonal figure assumed by a cordfastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights at differentpoints.
8. n:100 a. relating to or operated by a cable