catena
noun/kəˈtiːnə/
Etymology From Medieval Latin catena, from Latin catēna (“chain”). Doublet of chain.
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
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:
- Derived terms
- catena compound
- Related terms
- catenal, catenary, catenative, chain, concatenate, concatenation