different between catenation vs catenative

English

Noun

catenation (countable and uncountable, plural catenations)

1. The act or process of catenating.
2. (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.

See also

• organic chemistry

English

Etymology

From Latin cat?n?tus (“chained”), from cat?n?re, from cat?na (“chain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kætn??.t?v/, /?kæt.?.ne?.t?v/

Adjective

catenative (not comparable)

1. Having the ability to catenate, or form chains.
   • 1980, Grzegorz Rozenberg, Arto Salomaa, The Mathematical Theory of L Systems, page 20,

     In this section we shall investigate some of the basic properties of D0L systems that generate locally catenative sequences. These locally catenative D0L systems form one of the mathematically most natural subclasses of the class of D0L systems.

   • 2004, Stephan Gramley, Kurt-Michael Pätzold, A Survey of Modern English, 2nd Edition, page 135,

     Nonfinite complements which refer to a time before that of the main or catenative predicator are exclusively expressed by {-ing} forms (e.g. I remember doing it; She admits going; They deny being there).

Derived terms

• catenative verb

Related terms

• catenation
• concatenate
• concatenative

Translations

Noun

catenative (plural catenatives)

1. (linguistics) A catenative verb.
   • 2010, Stanley E. Porter, Jeffrey T. Reed, Matthew Brook O'Donnell, Fundamentals of New Testament Greek, page 351,

     Unlike periphrastics, however, catenatives combine certain verbs (e.g., impersonal ???) with an infinitive.

   • 2014, Paula Menyuk, Jacqueline W. Liebergott, Martin C. Schultz, Early Language Development in Full-term and Premature Infants, page 225,

     Sentences containing catenatives (e.g., gonna, wanna, haveta, etc.) have one proposition, coded by the main verb following these.

See also

• Appendix:English catenative verbs