catenary

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An engineering feat, for sure, the resulting catenary curve in the sagging line is a visual treat as well, buoyant and struggling against the pull of gravity for no other reason than to delight.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

The veteran-owned business installed the line’s 340 steel poles, which support the catenary wires that power the electric streetcars.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2023

“It hit the catenary wire that runs between the 3 towers,” Parsons wrote in a tweet from the EGS Twitter account.

From The Verge • Apr. 3, 2022

In late works from 2019, a skeleton holds an oversize skull over his groin, and in other works, based on a string draped into a catenary curve, the repetition of the motif creates a veil.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2021

Hence the tangents at A and B to the upper catenary must intersect above the directrix, and the tangents at A and B to the lower catenary must intersect below the directrix.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various