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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Catenary \Cat"e*na*ry\, Catenarian \Cat'e*na"ri*an\, adjective [L. catenarius, fr. catena a chain. See {Chain}.] Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a {catenary} curve.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Catenary \Cat"e*na*ry\, noun; 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
catenary
noun: the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "catenary": arc, bow, cadence, catacaustic, caustic, circle, conchoid, crook, curl, curve, decline, decurrence, diacaustic, droop, ellipse, festoon, hook, hyperbola, lapse, lituus, lowering, parabola, sag, sinkage, sinus, slump, submergence, subsidence, swag, tracery
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