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catenary
[ kat-n-er-ee; especially British kuh-tee-nuh-ree ]
noun
- Mathematics. the curve assumed approximately by a heavy uniform cord or chain hanging freely from two points not in the same vertical line. Equation: y = k cos h ( x / k ).
- (in electric railroads) the cable, running above the track, from which the trolley wire is suspended.
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a catenary.
- of or relating to a chain or linked series.
catenary
/ kəˈtiːnərɪ /
noun
- the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y- axis and intersecting it at y = a , the equation is y = a cosh x / a
- the hanging cable between pylons along a railway track, from which the trolley wire is suspended
adjective
- of, resembling, relating to, or constructed using a catenary or suspended chain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of catenary1
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Example Sentences
In late works from 2019, a skeleton holds an oversize skull over his groin, and in other works, based on a string draped into a catenary curve, the repetition of the motif creates a veil.
Replacement of track infrastructure, and the electric catenary poles and wires and the signal systems, is work that goes on every year.
The surface formed by revolving the catenary about its directrix is named the alysseide.
How to pass this snow catenary I knew not, for I did not think a human foot could trust itself upon so frail a support.
Soon after recrossing the snow catenary already mentioned we quitted the ridge to get obliquely along the slope of the pyramid.
The only surface of revolution having this property is the catenoid formed by the revolution of a catenary about its directrix.
One of the most laborious and practically useful works of Giddy was a treatise on the properties of the Catenary Curve.
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