funicular

adj. of a rope or cord; operated by means of a rope or cable

n. funicular railway, steep railway operated by means of a cable which raises and lowers the cars (often with the ascending car counterbalancing the descending one)

A funicular, also known as a funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or cliff railway, is a type of self-contained cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a very steep slope, the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalancing each other.
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Noun
1. a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
(synonym) cable railway, funicular railway
(hypernym) railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system
(part-meronym) cable car, car
Adjective
1. relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway"
(pertainym) cable

adj. funicular, of a rope or cord; operated by means of a rope or cable

n. funicular, funicular railway, steep railway operated by means of a cable which raises and lowers the cars (often with the ascending car counterbalancing the descending one)

n. cable railway, railway that runs on cables and that is suspended upon the cables