Definition of Catenations

1. Noun. (plural of catenation) ¹

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Definition of Catenations

1. catenation [n] - See also: catenation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catenations

catenabacterium contortum
catenaccio
catenae
catenane
catenanes
catenaries
catenary
catenary bridge
catenary bridges
catenas
catenate
catenated
catenates
catenating
catenation
catenations (current term)
catenative
catenative verb
catenin
catenins
catenoid
catenoids
catenulate
cater
cater-corner
cater-cornered
cater-cousin
cater-cousins
cateran
caterans

Literary usage of Catenations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Temple of Nature, Or, The Origin of Society :: A Poem, with by Erasmus Darwin (1825)
"The effects of surprise and novelty must now be considered by the patient reader, as they affect the catenations of action ; and, I hope, the curiosity of ..."

2. The Botanic Garden: A Poem in Two Parts Containing The Economy of Vegetation by Erasmus Darwin (1825)
"To explain this difficult problem we must more minutely consider the catenations of animal motions, as described in Zoonomia, Vol. I. Sect. XVII. ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1799)
"... catenations are laid down and exemplified ¡n this ... thus made in the.or- catenations or circles of ..."

4. Annual Register (1806)
"The laws of these catenations are laid down and exemplified in this section with much ingenuity. One of the principal exemplifications is drawn from the ..."

5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"37 50 „ 100 89 ... 17 100 „ 150 125 ... 24 150 „ 200 70 ... 13 Over 200 47 ... 9 526 100 Temperature catenations.—A series of temperatures taken at 3 pm on ..."

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