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funicular, a. and n.|fjuːˈnɪkjʊlə(r)|
[f. L. fūnicul-us + -ar. Cf. F. funiculaire.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to a funiculus in various senses. † funicular hypothesis: see funiculus 2.
1664Power Exp. Philos. ii. 138 A Confutation of this Funicular Hypothesis of Linus. 1709F. Hauksbee Phys. Mech. Exp. iii. (1719) 89 The Objections of the Favourers of Suction, and the Funicular Hypothesis. 1866A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 735 The name funicular sclerosis is given to sclerosis following certain definite columns of the cord, such as lateral and posterior spinal sclerosis.
2. Of or pertaining to a rope or its tension; depending on or worked by a rope. funicular machine: an arrangement of a cord, pulleys, and suspended weights, designed to illustrate statical principles. funicular polygon: the figure assumed by a cord supported at its extremities, and having weights suspended from it at various points. funicular railway: one worked by a cable and stationary engine; a cable railway.
1828J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 296 The whole is called the Funicular Machine. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. (1857) II. 13 Stevin..applies his principle of equilibrium to cordage, pullies, funicular polygons. 1886Pall Mall G. 24 June 14/1 The ascent..will be by means of a funicular railway. 1892Tablet 3 Sept. 365 A funicular railway runs up the mountain's side.
3. Resembling a cord; spec. in Anat. and Bot.
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 702/1 Small muscles..to which Poli has given the name of funicular muscles. 1845Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. I. 70 Funicular, rounded cords of white fibrous tissue. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) I. ii. vi. 465 The knotted funicular torc. 1856Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms, Funicular chord, a cord-like appendage, by the intervention of which..the seeds are attached, instead of being seated immediately on the placenta.
4. Pertaining to the funis or umbilical cord.
1873Kennedy in Leishman Syst. Midwif. ix. 179 Except under such circumstances, it must be very difficult to discover the funicular soufflet.
B. n. A funicular railway (Webster 1909).
1911A. Bennett Card xi. 280 He had been to Montreux and missed the funicular back. Ibid. 284 We all saw the Countess off in the funicular at three o'clock. 1926H. Bennett tr. Leroux's Adv. Coquette vi, A number of travellers set down by the funicular gazed from a respectful distance at the actress's enthusiasm. 1957P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble x. 187 The disused funicular that climbed La Rhûne, a prominent mountain nearby. 1971Daily Tel. 30 Jan. 7/2 The resort has..four funiculars and one chairlift. |