Dictionary

catena en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kəˈtiːnə/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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 [...] 1873, Walter Bagehot, Lombard Street:
2. (qualifier:soil science) 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. 2000, Ewan Anderson, Middle East: Geography and Geopolitics, Routledge, →ISBN, page 55:

Forms

Deriveds

catena compound

Relateds

catenative · chain · catenal · catenary · concatenate · concatenation

Translations (8)

bg верига (series of related items) · id katena (a series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope) · pt série (series of related items) · pt cadeia (series of related items) · fi ketju (series of related items) · pl ciąg (series of related items) · pl łańcuch (a series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope) · pt catena (a series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope)