In Europe, the organizer was the hostess and her principle was catenary.
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Catenary
//ˈkætəˌnɛɹi//
Synonyms for "catenary" (42 found)
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33 translations across 21 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- catenària noun (curve of a flexible chain)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 懸鏈線 /悬链线 noun (curve of a flexible chain)
Czech
1 entries- řetězovka noun (curve of a flexible chain)
Danish
1 entries- køreledning noun (power lines above tracks)
Dutch
1 entries- kettinglijn noun (curve of a flexible chain)
Finnish
3 entries- ajolanka noun (power lines above tracks)
- ketjukäyrä noun (curve of a flexible chain)
- ketjukäyrä noun (curve of an anchor cable)
French
2 entries- caténaire noun (power lines above tracks)
- chaînette noun (curve of a flexible chain)
German
2 entries- Kettenlinie noun (curve of a flexible chain)
- Oberleitung noun (power lines above tracks)
Hebrew
1 entries- קו שרשרת noun (curve of a flexible chain)
Hungarian
2 entries- kötélgörbe noun (curve of a flexible chain)
- láncgörbe noun (curve of a flexible chain)
Irish
2 entries- cuar noun (curve of an anchor cable)
- cuar slabhra noun (curve of an anchor cable)
Italian
1 entries- catenaria noun (curve of a flexible chain)
Japanese
2 entries- 懸垂曲線 noun (curve of a flexible chain)
- 懸垂線 noun (curve of a flexible chain)
Kazakh
1 entries- тізбекті сызық noun (curve of a flexible chain)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kjøreledning noun (power lines above tracks)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- køyreleidning noun (power lines above tracks)
Polish
3 entries- krzywa łańcuchowa noun (curve of a flexible chain)
- krzywa łańcuchowa noun (curve of an anchor cable)
- sieć przewodów trakcyjnych noun (power lines above tracks)
Romanian
1 entries- linie aeriană de contact noun (power lines above tracks)
Russian
2 entries- контактная сеть noun (power lines above tracks)
- цепная ли́ния noun (curve of a flexible chain)
Spanish
3 entries- catenario adj (Translations)
- catenaria noun (curve of a flexible chain)
- catenaria noun (power lines above tracks)
Swedish
1 entries- kedjekurva noun (curve of a flexible chain)
Sample sentences
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The structure of the model chosen was catenary, and only one nonlinearity was introduced, in that part of the model representing bone growth.
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The sequence of soils of a more or less catenary nature as seen on the Martin Estate is about as follows :
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The result was catenary being torn down several hundred feet at a time.
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