Catena

The word catena (often with Latin plural catenae) has various meanings:

• The Latin word for "chain"
• Catena (linguistics)
• Catena (Biblical commentary)
• Catenary, a type of curve in mathematics
• A chain of similarly sized impact craters, in planetary geology
• Counts of Catena, titular members of the Maltese nobility
• A prayer said daily by members of the Legion of Mary, consisting mainly of the Magnificat
• International Masonic Union Catena, a masonic organization
• Trade name of the drug idebenone
• Catena (fly), a genus in the family Tachinidae
• Concept used to describe a topographic complex of soils, particularly relating to erosion

People

• Gerardo Catena (1902-2000), New York mobster
• Marina Catena, director of the United Nations World Food Program in Paris
• Paulus Catena (4th century), imperial notary
• Vincenzo Catena (c. 1470 - 1531), Venetian painter
• Geoffrey Milne (1898 - 1942), soil scientist