"catena" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "catena compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "catena"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin catena",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "catēna",
        "4": "",
        "5": "chain"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin catēna (“chain”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chain"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of chain",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin catena, from Latin catēna (“chain”). Doublet of chain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "catenas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catenae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "catenae"
      },
      "expansion": "catena (plural catenas or catenae)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "catenal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "catenary"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "catenative"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "concatenate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "concatenation"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1873, Walter Bagehot, Lombard Street:",
          "text": "And, on the contrary, there is a whole catena of authorities, beginning with Sir Robert Peel and ending with Mr. Lowe, which say that the Banking Department of the Bank of England is only a Bank like any other bank [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A series of related items."
      ],
      "id": "en-catena-en-noun-dupJWN6F",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "veriga",
          "sense": "series of related items",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "верига"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "series of related items",
          "word": "ketju"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "series of related items",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cadeia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "series of related items",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "série"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Soil science",
          "orig": "en:Soil science",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 46 4 10 4 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 49 3 7 3 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Ewan Anderson, Middle East: Geography and Geopolitics, Routledge, →ISBN, page 55:",
          "text": "The changes in soil characteristics from the crest to the foot of a slope are together known as a catena.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope."
      ],
      "id": "en-catena-en-noun-uckF1q9s",
      "links": [
        [
          "soil science",
          "soil science"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "soil science",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soil science) A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope."
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope",
          "word": "katena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "catena"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈtiːnə/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Catena"
  ],
  "word": "catena"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "catena compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "catena"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin catena",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "catēna",
        "4": "",
        "5": "chain"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin catēna (“chain”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chain"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of chain",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin catena, from Latin catēna (“chain”). Doublet of chain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "catenas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catenae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "catenae"
      },
      "expansion": "catena (plural catenas or catenae)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "chain"
    },
    {
      "word": "catenal"
    },
    {
      "word": "catenary"
    },
    {
      "word": "catenative"
    },
    {
      "word": "concatenate"
    },
    {
      "word": "concatenation"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1873, Walter Bagehot, Lombard Street:",
          "text": "And, on the contrary, there is a whole catena of authorities, beginning with Sir Robert Peel and ending with Mr. Lowe, which say that the Banking Department of the Bank of England is only a Bank like any other bank [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A series of related items."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Soil science"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Ewan Anderson, Middle East: Geography and Geopolitics, Routledge, →ISBN, page 55:",
          "text": "The changes in soil characteristics from the crest to the foot of a slope are together known as a catena.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soil science",
          "soil science"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "soil science",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soil science) A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈtiːnə/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veriga",
      "sense": "series of related items",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "верига"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "series of related items",
      "word": "ketju"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "series of related items",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "series of related items",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "série"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope",
      "word": "katena"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "catena"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Catena"
  ],
  "word": "catena"
}