catenaries <p>The curves that are formed from chains or rope that hang from two fixed points, though not in the same vertical line. Derived from the Latin "catena," meaning "chain".</p> <p>Source: AAT</p> <p><a href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300265734">http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300265734</a></p>