Catenary

4 definitions found

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

  Catenary \Cat"e*na*ry\, Catenarian \Cat`e*na"ri*an\, a. [L.
     catenarius, fr. catena a chain. See {Chain}.]
     Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a {catenary} curve.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Catenary \Cat"e*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Catenaries}. (Geol.)
     The curve formed by a rope or chain of uniform density and
     perfect flexibility, hanging freely between two points of
     suspension, not in the same vertical line.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  catenary
       n : the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and
           inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section
           hanging freely from two fixed points

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "catenary":
     arc, bow, cadence, catacaustic, caustic, circle, conchoid, crook,
     curl, curve, decline, decurrence, diacaustic, droop, ellipse,
     festoon, hook, hyperbola, lapse, lituus, lowering, parabola, sag,
     sinkage, sinus, slump, submergence, subsidence, swag, tracery