FUNICULAR Definition & Meaning

funicular

[ fyoo-nik-yuh-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to a rope or cord, or its tension.
worked by a rope or the like.

noun

funicular railway.

funicular

/ ��ːˈ��ɪ��ʊ��ə /

noun

Also calledfunicular railway a railway up the side of a mountain, consisting of a counterbalanced car sat either end of a cable passing round a driving wheel at the summit

adjective

relating to or operated by a rope, cable, etc
of or relating to a funicle

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of funicular¹

1655–65; < Latin ��ū�Ծ��ܱ� ( us ) ( funiculus ) + -ar ¹

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Historical L.A. had funiculars to carry people up and down our hills.

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Right, the Angels Flight funicular begins a descent in downtown L.A.

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To your left, you’ll see the funicular Angels Flight, which gives its name to a detective novel by the immensely popular Michael Connelly.

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Filming took place over seven sometimes wet nights, during which the crew occasionally had to wait for the Sacré-Coeur’s funicular, carrying tourists up the incline, to pass.

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In November 2000, a cable car on a funicular railway caught fire in a mountain tunnel in Kaprun, Austria, killing 155 people.

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