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catenary (iou) and artificial intelligence (AI) (sh)


catenary (iou)



catenary noun & adjective. M18.
[mod. Latin catenaria use as noun of fem. of Latin catenarius adjective, formed as CATENA: see -ARY1.]
A. noun. A curve of the kind formed by a uniform chain hanging freely from two points not in the same vertical line. M18.
b. adjective.
Relating to a catena or series. M19.
catenary bridge a suspension bridge hung by uniform chains from two points not in the same vertical line.
Having the form of a catenary; pertaining to or characterized by a catenary. L19.
cate'narian adjective (now rare or obsolete) = CATENARY adjective M18.
'catenoid noun a surface generated by rotation of a catenary about an axis L19.

artificial intelligence (AI) (sh)




Ability of a machine to perform tasks thought to require human intelligence.

Typical applications include game playing, language translation, expert systems, and robotics. Although pseudo-intelligent machinery dates back to antiquity, the first glimmerings of true intelligence awaited the development of digital Computers in the 1940s. AI, or at least the semblance of intelligence, has developed in parallel with computer processing power, which appears to be the main limiting factor. Early AI projects, such as playing chess and solving mathematical problems, are now seen as trivial compared to visual pattern recognition, complex decision making, and the use of natural language. See also Turing test.