Catena
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The word catena (often with Latin plural catenae) has various meanings:
- The Latin word for "chain"
- Catena (linguistics)
- Catena (Biblical commentary)
- Catenary, a type of curve in mathematics
- A chain of similarly sized impact craters, in planetary geology
- Counts of Catena, titular members of the Maltese nobility
- A prayer said daily by members of the Legion of Mary, consisting mainly of the Magnificat
- International Masonic Union Catena, a masonic organization
- Trade name of the drug idebenone
- Catena (fly), a genus in the family Tachinidae
- Concept used to describe a topographic complex of soils, particularly relating to erosion
[edit] People
- Gerardo Catena (1902-2000), New York mobster
- Marina Catena, director of the United Nations World Food Program in Paris
- Paulus Catena (4th century), imperial notary
- Vincenzo Catena (c. 1470 - 1531), Venetian painter
- Geoffrey Milne (1898 - 1942), soil scientist
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