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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
catenary /kəˈtiːnəri/

▶noun (pl. catenaries) a curve formed by a chain hanging freely from two points on the same horizontal level.

■ a chain forming such a curve.

▶adjective of, involving, or denoting a catenary.

– origin C18: from L. catenarius ‘relating to a chain’, from catena ‘chain’.

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