*catena*

{ } a. [ L. catenarius, fr. catena a chain. See Chain. ] Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Catenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Catenating. ] [ L. catenatus, p. p. of catenare, fr. catena chain. See Chain. ] To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. catenatio. ] Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Concatenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concatenating. ] [ L. concatenatus, p. p. of concatenare to concatenate. See Catenate. ] To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another. [ 1913 Webster ]

This all things friendly will concatenate. Dr. H. More [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concatenatio. ] A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

A concatenation of explosions. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]