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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for catenary:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
catenary
    n 1: the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and
         inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section
         hanging freely from two fixed points
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
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