funikular
Pronunciation: /fu.ɲiˈku.lar/
“funikular” is a Polish word. Its meaning in English:
noun
- funicular, funicular railway (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 moving 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)
Etymology
Borrowed from English funicular.
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