Definition
Plural of catenary; multiple curves or configurations shaped like hanging chains, or the overhead wires that power electric trains.
Etymology
Plural of catenary, which comes from Latin catenaria (relating to a chain), from catena. Each catenary is a distinct curve formed by gravity and tension.
Kelly Says
Electric trains are powered through catenaries—metal wires that hang in beautiful catenary curves—and the word connects medieval chain terminology to 21st-century infrastructure in one beautiful etymological line.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-es
ARالعربية
catenaries
katinayri
BNবাংলা
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-er
CACatalà
catenaries
kate-na-ri-es
CSČeština
catenaries
kate-na-rie
DADansk
catenaries
kate-na-ri-er
ELΕλληνικά
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-es
ESEspañol
catenarias
kate-na-ree-as
FAفارسی
catenaries
kate-na-ri-e
FISuomi
catenaries
kate-na-ri-es
FRFrançais
caténaires
kate-nair
GUGU
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
HAHA
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
HEעברית
catenaries
kate-na-ri-im
HIहिन्दी
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-es
HUMagyar
catenaries
kate-na-ri-ek
IDBahasa Indonesia
catenaries
kate-na-ri
IGIG
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
ITItaliano
catenarie
ka-te-na-ree
JA日本語
catenaries
katenēriz
KKKK
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
KMKM
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
KO한국어
catenaries
ke-te-ne-ri-seu
MRMR
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
MSBahasa Melayu
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
MYမြန်မာ
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
NLNederlands
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-es
NONorsk
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-er
PAPA
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
PLPolski
catenaries
kate-na-rie
PTPortuguês
catenárias
ka-te-na-ree-as
RORomână
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-i
RUРусский
catenaries
kat-e-na-ri-i
SVSvenska
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-er
SWKiswahili
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
TAதமிழ்
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-kal
TEతెలుగు
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-lu
THไทย
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
TLTL
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-es
TRTürkçe
catenaries
kate-nair-ler
UKУкраїнська
catenaries
kate-na-ri-i
URاردو
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri-ya
VITiếng Việt
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
YOYO
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri
ZH中文
catenaries
kai-te-nei-yi
ZUZU
catenaries
ka-te-na-ri