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Catenanes are molecules in which two or more molecular rings are entangled like the links of a chain2; indeed, their name derives from catena, the Latin word for chain.

From Nature

They are looking for chains of depressions known as catenae.

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One of the persons present having changed places, Eusapia utters complaints: "La catena! la catena!"

St. Matthew in vermilion with catena in black.

The Greek original of most of the first sentence is preserved in a catena on Deuteronomy, Cod.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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