Noun: catena
| Singular | catena |
| Plural | catenas; catenae |
Sample Sentences
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And, on the contrary, there is a whole catena of authorities, beginning with Sir Robert Peel and ending with Mr. Lowe, which say that the Banking Department of the Bank of England is only a Bank like any other bank [...] [1873, Walter Bagehot, Lombard Street:]
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The changes in soil characteristics from the crest to the foot of a slope are together known as a catena. [2000, Ewan Anderson, Middle East: Geography and Geopolitics, Routledge, →ISBN, page 55:]
Nouns inflected like catena
palestra,
sarisa,
samara,
schola,
Banff Springs physa,
exumbrella,
bildungsroman,
turritella,
Sir David's long-beaked echidna,
comatula,
nanoantenna,
retinula,
pyrexia,
mesoamygdala,
planetary nebula,
saxicava,
Bildungsroman,
billboard antenna,
structural formula,
babesia, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin catena, from Latin catēna (“chain”). Doublet of chain. See: Latin Nouns '
catēna'.