Examples of catenary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fuel cells are an attractive way to electrify rail lines where adding a third rail or catenary is unworkable or cost-prohibitive, and GM is working with train-maker Wabtec to adapt GM's Hydrotec fuel cell platform to power freight locomotives. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2022 Their catenaries hug the curves in Sheree Hovsepian’s photograms, layered with stretches of arced pantyhose in what might be called femme modernism. — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2018 The steel catenary riser also takes up less deck space. — Ryan Maye Handy, Houston Chronicle, 2 May 2018 From the main entrance near Broad and Noble Streets, the trail switchbacks past urban glades, clusters of benches, reimagined steel catenaries, and a public art sculpture that resembles (much too literally) a telephone pole. — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018 Click on a title like catenary-on-azure, and you’ll be directed to a webpage where a single catenary chain multiplies into dozens and then hundreds, forming a beating circular GIF made from hundreds of individual GIFs. — Liz Stinson, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2014

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