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catenary
n.
curve (Mathematics); main cable of an electric train
Catenary
In
physics and
geometry, a
catenary[p] is the
curve that an idealized hanging
chain or
cable assumes under its own
weight when supported only at its ends. The curve has a U-like shape, superficially similar in appearance to a
parabola, but it is not a parabola: it is a (scaled, rotated)
graph of the
hyperbolic cosine. The curve appears in the design of certain types of
arches and as a cross section of the
catenoid—the shape assumed by a soap film bounded by two parallel circular rings.
catenary
Noun
1. the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points
(hypernym) curve, curved shape
Catenary
(n.)
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.
(a.)
Alt. of Catenarian
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
catenary
Synonyms and related words:
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
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