chain
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Definitions ofchain
- A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
Example: "He wore a gold chain around the neck."
- A series of interconnected things.
Example: "This led to an unfortunate chain of events."
- A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
Example: "That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town."
- A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
Example: "When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen."
- A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
- A long measuring tape.
- A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
- A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
- A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
- That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
Example: "the chains of habit"
- (in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
- The warp threads of a web.
- To fasten something with a chain.
- To link multiple items together.
- To secure someone with fetters.
- To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
- To obligate.
- To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
- To be chained to another data item.
- To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
- (associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).
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