catena
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
/kəˈtiːnə/
Definition of catena
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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 [...]”
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noun
-
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 [...]”
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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.”
name
- A surname from Italian.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin catena, from Latin catēna (“chain”). Doublet of chain.
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