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n. The curve formed by a perfectly flexible, uniformly dense, and inextensible cable suspended from its endpoints. It is identical to the graph of a hyperbolic cosine.

n. Something having the general shape of this curve.

n. The curve described by a flexible chain or a rope if it is supported at each end and is acted upon only by no other forces than a uniform gravitational force due to its own weight.

n. The curve of an anchor cable from the seabed to the vessel; it should be horizontal at the anchor so as to bury the flukes.

n. A system of overhead power lines that provide trains, trolleys, buses, etc., with electricity, having a straight conductor wire and a bowed suspension cable.

adj. Relating to a chain; like a chain.

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.

Relating to a chain; like a chain. Also catenarian.

n. A catenary curve.

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

"The term catenary comes from the curve created by the sagging of a wire or chain between two points."

catenarian   

curve    curved shape   

catenarian curve   

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