Definition of Catenation

1. n. Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation.

Definition of Catenation

1. Noun. The act or process of catenating. ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) The ability of a few elements, most especially carbon, to yield chains and rings by forming covalent bonds with atoms of the same element. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Catenation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Catenation

1. The spontaneous linking of certain chemical elements to each other, such as carbon to make rings or chains. The linking of multiple copies of a macromolecule to each other. (16 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catenation

catena compound
catenabacterium contortum
catenaccio
catenae
catenane
catenanes
catenaries
catenary
catenary bridge
catenary bridges
catenas
catenate
catenated
catenates
catenating
catenation (current term)
catenations
catenative
catenative verb
catenin
catenins
catenoid
catenoids
catenulate
cater
cater-corner
cater-cornered
cater-cousin
cater-cousins
cateran

Literary usage of Catenation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science and Philosophy of the Organism: The Gifford Lectures Delivered by Hans Driesch (1908)
"On catenation of Energy By our last remarks we have been led to the important problem of the " catenation" or " chaining" of different kinds of energy, ..."

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