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Word: Catenary
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: from Latin catenarius ‘relating to a chain’, from catena ‘chain’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kəˈtiːnəri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a curve formed by a wire, rope, or chain hanging freely from two points that are not in the same vertical line
Short Definition:curve formed by wire hanging freely from two points
Examples:- a catenary wire
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