catenary
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Without the structural principles behind catenary curves, there would be no Gothic cathedrals or Renaissance domes — nor, for that matter, any lacy spiderwebs.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025
Liberty filed a $3 million claim last fall based on inefficiency installing catenary poles.
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
Not at all: the catenary appears actually every time that weight and flexibility act in concert.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing catenary
Structural Engineering
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Engineering - High School
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