(n) a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma)
(n) the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points
‖n.; pl.Catene [ L., a chain. ] A chain or series of things connected with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have . . . in no case sought to construct those catenæ of games, which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together. C. J. Ellicott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl. Catenaries (Geol.) The curve formed by a rope or chain of uniform density and perfect flexibility, hanging freely between two points of suspension, not in the same vertical line. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Catenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Catenating. ] [ L. catenatus, p. p. of catenare, fr. catena chain. See Chain. ] To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. catenatio. ] Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
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