catena

plural catenas · plural catenae

1. A series of related items.

   And, on the contrary, there is a whole catena of authorities, beginning with Sir Robert Peel and ending with Mr. Lowe, which say that the Banking Department of the Bank of England is only a Bank like any other bank [...]

   1873, Walter Bagehot, Lombard Street

2. soil scienceA series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope.

   The changes in soil characteristics from the crest to the foot of a slope are together known as a catena.

   2000, Ewan Anderson, Middle East: Geography and Geopolitics, Routledge, →ISBN, page 55

plural Catenas

1. A surname from Italian.