catenate

[ kat-n-eyt ]

verb (used with object)

, cat·e·nat·ed, cat·e·nat·ing.

1. to link together; form into a connected series:

   catenated cells.

catenate

/ ˈkætɪˌneɪt /

verb

1. biology to arrange or be arranged in a series of chains or rings

adjective

1. another word for catenulate

Derived Forms

• ˌcateˈnation, noun

Other Words From

• inter·cate·nated adjective
• un·cate·nated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of catenate¹

1615–25; < Latin catēnātus chained, equivalent to catēn ( a ) a chain + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of catenate¹

C17: from Latin catēnāre to bind with chains

Example Sentences

Finally, the authors produced polycatenanes by adding monomers to the solution of toroids, which seeded the formation of new catenated rings, as had been hoped.

From Nature

By the greater or less energy of action of the first link with which they are catenated, and from which they take their names; as irritative, sensitive, or voluntary associations.

From Project Gutenberg

Catenulate: like catenate; but the links are smaller.

From Project Gutenberg

Such also are our complex ideas, they are catenated tribes of ideas, which do not perfectly resemble their correspondent perceptions, because some of the parts are omitted.

From Project Gutenberg

This suggested that individual toroids could act as secondary sites from which another ring could grow, thereby forming the catenated dimers.

From Nature

Related Words

• accompany
• attend
• seek
• track