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CATENARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("catenary" is a kind of...):
curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
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