n., pl., -nae (-nē), or -nas.
A closely linked series, especially of excerpted writings or commentaries.
[Latin catēna, chain.]
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n., pl., -nae (-nē), or -nas.
A closely linked series, especially of excerpted writings or commentaries.
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A sequence of soil types arising from the same parent rock, but distinct from each other because of the variations, such as drainage, leaching, and mass movement arising from differences in topography.
Catena
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
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)
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The word catena (often with Latin plural catenae) has various meanings:
- The Latin word for "chain".
- A form of Biblical commentary.
- A type of curve in mathematics, also known as a catenary.
- A sequence of soil profiles along a hillslope.[1]
- A chain of similarly sized impact craters, in planetary geology.
- The Counts of Catena are titular members of the Maltese nobility.
- A prayer said daily by members of the Legion of Mary. It consists mainly of the Magnificat.
- The International Masonic Union Catena, a masonic organization.
- A prefix used in inorganic chemical nomenclature to indicate a chain structure.[2]
- The trade name of a idebenone in Canada.
- www.catena.nl a Dutch company that designs electronic components.
References
- ^ Paton, T. R., Humphreys, G. S., and Mitchell, P. B., 1995, Soils: A New Global View: London, UCL Press Limited.
- ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. "catena-". Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition.
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