Catena
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The word catena has various meanings:
  • The Latin word for "chain
    Chain
    A chain is a sequence of connected links.Chain may also refer to:Chain may refer to:* Necklace - a jewelry which is worn around the neck* Mail , a type of armor made of interlocking chain links...

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  • Catena (Biblical commentary)
    Catena (Biblical commentary)
    A catena is a form of biblical commentary, verse by verse, made up entirely of excerpts from earlier Biblical commentators, each introduced with the name of the author, and with such minor adjustments of words to allow the whole to form a continuous commentary.The texts are mainly compiled from...

  • Catenary
    Catenary
    In physics and geometry, the catenary is the curve that an idealised hanging chain or cable assumes when supported at its ends and acted on only by its own weight. The curve is the graph of the hyperbolic cosine function, and has a U-like shape, superficially similar in appearance to a parabola...

    , a type of curve in mathematics
  • A chain of similarly sized impact craters
    Crater chain
    A crater chain is a line of craters along the surface of an astronomical body. The descriptor term for crater chains is catena , as specified by the International Astronomical Union's rules on planetary nomenclature....

    , in planetary geology
    Planetary geology
    Planetary geology, alternatively known as astrogeology or exogeology, is a planetary science discipline concerned with the geology of the celestial bodies such as the planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteorites...

  • Counts of Catena, titular members of the Maltese
    Maltese people
    The Maltese are an ethnic group indigenous to the Southern European nation of Malta, and identified with the Maltese language. Malta is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea...

     nobility
  • A prayer said daily by members of the Legion of Mary
    Legion of Mary
    The Legion of Mary is an association of Catholic laity who serve the Church on a voluntary basis. It was founded in Dublin, Ireland, as a Roman Catholic Marian Movement by layman Frank Duff. Today between active and auxiliary members there are in excess of 10 million members worldwide making it...

    , consisting mainly of the Magnificat
    Magnificat
    The Magnificat — also known as the Song of Mary or the Canticle of Mary — is a canticle frequently sung liturgically in Christian church services. It is one of the eight most ancient Christian hymns and perhaps the earliest Marian hymn...

  • International Masonic Union Catena
    International Masonic Union Catena
    The International Masonic Union Catena is an international organization of Masonic organizations. The organizations involved are considered irregular by the United Grand Lodge of England and most other Anglo-Saxon Grand Lodges.-History:...

    , a masonic organization
  • Trade name of the drug idebenone
    Idebenone
    Idebenone is an experimental drug, initially developed by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive defects. This has been met with limited success. The Swiss company Santhera Pharmaceuticals has started to investigate it for the treatment of...

  • Catena (fly), a genus in the family Tachinidae
    Tachinidae
    Tachinidae is a large and rather variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. There are over 1300 species in North America. Insects in this family are commonly called tachina flies or simply tachinids...

  • Concept used to describe a topographic complex of soils, particularly relating to erosion
    Erosion
    Erosion is when materials are removed from the surface and changed into something else. It only works by hydraulic actions and transport of solids in the natural environment, and leads to the deposition of these materials elsewhere...


People

  • Gerardo Catena
    Gerardo Catena
    Gerardo "Jerry" Catena was a New York mobster and a top member of the Genovese crime family during the 1950s and 1960s, along with Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli, Philip "Benny Squint" Lombardo and Michael "Big Mike" Miranda....

     (1902-2000), New York mobster
  • Marina Catena
    Marina Catena
    Marina Catena, is a Lieutenant of the Italian Army and Director of the United Nations World Food Program in Paris. "A GMO: half 'humanitarian" and half "soldier ', is the definition that some media gave, stressing how her unusual history is emblematic of contemporary asymmetric conflicts where the...

    , director of the United Nations World Food Program in Paris
  • Paulus Catena
    Paulus Catena
    Paulus was the name of an imperial notary, or senior civil servant, who served under the Roman Emperor Constantius II in the middle of the 4th century. He is described by the historian Ammianus Marcellinus, who probably met him. According to Marcellinus, his cruelty was infamous throughout the...

     (4th century), imperial notary
  • Vincenzo Catena
    Vincenzo Catena
    Vincenzo Catena was an Italian painter of the Renaissance Venetian school.He is also known as Vincenzo de Biagio. His name is known from an inscription on the back of Giorgione's painting of Laura. Little else is known about the life of the painter.-Sources:**...

     (c. 1470 - 1531), Venetian painter
  • Geoffrey Milne (1898 - 1942), soil scientist
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