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catena

noun
/kəˈtiːnə/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin catena, from Latin catēna (“chain”). Doublet of chain.

  1. derived from catēna
  2. derived from catena

Definitions

  1. A series of related items.

    • 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 [...]

  2. A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope.

    • The changes in soil characteristics from the crest to the foot of a slope are together known as a catena.

  3. A surname from Italian.

The neighborhood

Derived

catena compound

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA