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ca·te·na C0160700 (kə-tē′nə)n. pl. ca·te·nae (-nē) or ca·te·nas A closely linked series, as of writings or geological features.
[Latin catēna, chain.]catena (kəˈtiːnə) n, pl -nae (-niː) (Bible) a connected series, esp of patristic comments on the Bible[C17: from Latin: chain]ca•te•na (kəˈti nə)
n., pl. -nae (-nē), a chain or connected series, esp. of extracts from certain writings. [1635–45; < Latin catēna a chain] Catena a chain or a connected series; a string or series of extracts from the writings of the Christian Fathers. See also chain.Examples: catena of conscious observance, 1868; of difficulties, 1884; of opinion; 1862; of tory platitudes, 1886; of writers, 1862.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | catena - 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)chain, concatenation - a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" |
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catena a connected series, esp of patristic comments on the Bible catena (kă-tee -nă) (plural: catenae) a chain of craters. The word is used in the approved name of such a surface feature on a planet or satellite.catena[kə′tē·nə] (computer science) A series of data items that appears in a chained list. (geology) A group of soils derived from uniform or similar parent material which nonetheless show variations in type because of differences in topography or drainage. catenaenUK
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