Catena

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catena \Ca*te"na\, n.; pl. {Catene}. [L., a chain.]
     A chain or series of things connected with each other.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I have . . . in no case sought to construct those
           caten[ae] of games, which it seems now the fashion of


           commentators to link together.           --C. J.
                                                    Ellicott.
     [1913 Webster] Catenary

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  catena
       n : a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so
           arranged that each member is closely related to the
           preceding and following members (especially a series of
           patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma)
       [also: {catenae} (pl)]