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Catena

//kəˈtiːnə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma) wordnet
  3. 3
    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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Catena.

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