Catena (Latin for
chain
A chain is a serial assembly of connected pieces, called links, typically made of metal, with an overall character similar to that of a rope in that it is flexible and curved in compression but linear, rigid, and load-bearing in tension. A c ...
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''Catena'' (fly), a genus in the family
Tachinidae
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Catena (linguistics)
In linguistics, a catena (English pronunciation: , plural catenas or catenae; from Latin for "chain") is a unit of syntax and morphology, closely associated with dependency grammars. It is a more flexible and inclusive unit than the constituent ...
is a unit of syntax and morphology, closely associated with dependency grammars
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Catena (computing)
In computing, a word is the natural unit of data used by a particular processor design. A word is a fixed-sized datum handled as a unit by the instruction set or the hardware of the processor. The number of bits or digits in a word (the ''word si ...
, number of bits transferred in one cycle
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Catenary, a type of curve in mathematics
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Crater chain, a line of craters along the surface of an astronomical body
*Farmacia Catena, a trade name of the drug
idebenone
Idebenone (pronounced eye-deb-eh-known, trade names Catena, Raxone, Sovrima, among others) is a drug that was initially developed by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive defects. This has been m ...
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Catena (soil)
A catena in soil science (pedology) is a series of distinct but co-evolving soils arrayed down a slope. Each soil type or "facet" differs somewhat from its neighbours, but all occur in the same climate and on the same underlying parent material. A ...
in pedology, a sequence of soil profiles down a slope
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Catena (cryptography)
The Password Hashing Competition was an open competition announced in 2013 to select one or more password hash functions that can be recognized as a recommended standard. It was modeled after the successful Advanced Encryption Standard process and ...
, a cryptographic algorithm used as a key derivation function
Publishing
*''CATENA'' (), a journal of soil sciences published by
Elsevier
Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as ''The Lancet'', ''Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', th ...
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Catena Paperback
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Catena Supplements
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CATENA: Magazine of the Catenian Association''
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Catena Media, an online media company in Malta
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Catena (surname) Catena is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Gerardo Catena (1902–2000), American mobster
*Elena Catena (1920–2012), Spanish academic
*Laura I. Catena (born 1967), Argentine vintner, physician and author
*Marina Catena, Italia ...
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Catena (biblical commentary), a verse-by-verse biblical commentary
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Catena, San Miniato
Catena is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of San Miniato, province of Pisa.
Catena is about 42 km from Pisa
Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the A ...
, a village in the province of Pisa, Italy
*A prayer said daily by members of the
Legion of Mary
The Legion of Mary ( la, Legio Mariae, postnominal abbreviation L.O.M.) is an international association of members of the Catholic Church who serve it on a voluntary basis. It was founded in Dublin, as a Marian movement by the layman and civi ...
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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 (UGLE) and most other Anglo-Saxon Grand Lodges.
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*A term for the
bass bar
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