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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A railroad on which the cars are moved by an endless cable driven by a stationary engine.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
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