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

Liberty filed a $3 million claim last fall based on inefficiency installing catenary poles.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2023

Design changes in the past year helped address the incompatibility with the corridor’s track and its catenary system — the overhead wires that supply the train with electricity.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2022

“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

You hesitate between the catenary and portion of a circle.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson