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funicular (adjective), more funicular, most funicular
1. Pertaining to a rope or its tension; depending on or worked by a rope.
2. Referring to a cord or a bundle of wires: One example of a funicular structure is a railroad on a mountainside that functions by cable with ascending and descending cars counterbalanced.
3. Relating to the funis or umbilical cord.
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