CATENARY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("catenary" is a kind of...):

curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)

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