In physics and geometry, the catenary is the theoretical shape of a hanging flexible chain or cable when supported at its ends and acted upon by a uniform gravitational force (its ...

The curve a hanging flexible wire or chain assumes when supported at its ends and acted upon by a uniform gravitational force. The word catenary is derived from the Latin word for ...

Overhead lines or overhead wires are used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains at a distance from the energy supply point.

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noun . 1. Mathematics. the curve assumed approximately by a heavy uniform cord or chain hanging freely from two points not in the same vertical line.

cat·e·nar·y   (k t n-r, k-t n-r) n. pl. cat·e·nar·ies. 1. The curve formed by a perfectly flexible, uniformly dense, and inextensible cable suspended from its endpoints.

Catenary. Cartesian equation: y = a cosh(x / a) Click below to see one of the Associated curves.

the curve made by a flexible, uniform chain or cord freely suspended between two fixed points

Half of catenary (red) with tangent circles, radiuses and radials lines, and catenary's radial curve Kampyle of Eudoxus (green).

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