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1 Funicular -- rank: 1000

Funicular definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary FUNIC'ULAR, a. Consisting of ... 2005) adj 1: relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway" n 1: a railway up the side of a ... and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars [syn: cable railway, funicular, funicular railway] Merriam Webster's I. adjective Etymology: Latin funiculus Date ... being a funiculus 3. of, relating to, or being a funicular < a funicular system > II. noun Date: 1911 a cable railway ascending ...

2 Funicular action -- rank: 908

Funicular action definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Funicular Fu*nic"u*lar, a. [Cf. F. funiculaire.] 1. Consisting ... up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. Funicular action (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a rope ... 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 ...

3 Funicular polygon -- rank: 908

Funicular polygon definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Funicular Fu*nic"u*lar, a. [Cf. F. funiculaire.] 1. Consisting ... up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. Funicular action (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a rope ... 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 ...

4 Funicular machine -- rank: 908

Funicular machine definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Funicular Fu*nic"u*lar, a. [Cf. F. funiculaire.] 1. Consisting ... up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. Funicular action (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a rope ... 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 ...

5 Funicular curve -- rank: 908

Funicular curve definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Funicular Fu*nic"u*lar, a. [Cf. F. funiculaire.] 1. Consisting ... up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. Funicular action (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a rope ... 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 ...

6 funicular railway -- rank: 856

funicular railway definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars [syn: cable railway, funicular, funicular railway]

7 funicular cord -- rank: 842

funicular cord definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Umbilical Um*bil"ic ... which the seeds are attached to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord. Umbilical hernia (Med.), hernia of the bowels at the ...

8 cable railway -- rank: 312

... and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars [syn: cable railway, funicular, funicular railway] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Railroad Rail"road`, Railway Rail ...

9 structural system -- rank: 312

... 30m) include tension and compression systems (subject to bending) and funicular systems, which are shaped to experience either pure tension or ... structures include the girder and two-way grids and slabs. Funicular structures include cable structures, membrane structures, and vaults and domes ...

10 Interurban -- rank: 197

... train, elevated, express, express train, flier, freight, freight train, freighter, funicular, goods train, lightning express, limited, local, metro, metropolitan, midtown, milk ...

11 hairlike -- rank: 197

... Thesaurus bristlelike, capillary, cirrose, cirrous, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, hairy, ligamental, ropy, silky, stringy, taeniate, taeniform, threadlike, thready ...

12 Hairy -- rank: 197

... fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, fleecy, flocculent, flossy, fluffy, formidable, frightening, fringy, funicular, furry, fuzzy, glochidiate, godawful, goshawful, gossamery, grim, hairlike, hard, hard ...

13 monorail -- rank: 197

... express train, feeder, feeder line, flier, freight, freight train, freighter, funicular, goods train, gravity-operated railway, horse railway, interurban, junction, light ...

14 metro -- rank: 197

... express train, feeder, feeder line, flier, freight, freight train, freighter, funicular, goods train, gravity-operated railway, horse railway, interurban, junction, light ...

15 Funic -- rank: 197

... definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Funic Fu"nic, a. (Anat.) Funicular.