catenary

Meaning of catenary

noun
  1. a curve formed by a wire, rope, or chain hanging freely from two points that are not in the same vertical line.
    a catenary wire

mid 18th century: from Latin catenarius ‘relating to a chain’, from catena ‘chain’.

Information about catenary

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of catenary is: catenaries.
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Hyphenation of catenary

cate-nary

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • catenary is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with catenary

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