catenary
Kelime Anlamı :

1. Katener, bir telin eşit yükseklikte iki nokta arasına gerildikten sonra serbest bırakılıp yerçekiminin etkisiyle biraz sarkmasıyla oluşan şekle verilen isimdir. Elektrikli trenlerin elektrik aldığı hatta da bu isim verilir.
2. katener.
3. zincir eğrisi.
4. FARKLILIK oLcuSu.
Tanımlar :
1. the curve formed by a perfectly flexible, uniformly dense, and inextensible cable suspended from its endpoints. it is identical to the graph of a hyperbolic cosine.
2. something having the general shape of this curve.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. relating to a chain; like a chain.
2. the curve formed by a rope or chain of uniform density and perfect flexibility, hanging freely between two points of suspension, not in the same vertical line.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. relating to a chain; like a chain. also catenarian.
2. A catenary curve.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.