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ALL meanings of chain

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  • noun chain captivity; bondage 3
  • noun chain any chainlike ornament, badge, etc. 3
  • noun chain a chainlike measuring instrument, or its measure of length 3
  • noun chain a surveyor's (or Gunter's) chain (66 feet or 20.117 meters or 100 links) 3
  • noun chain an engineer's chain (100 feet or 30.48 meters or 100 links) 3
  • noun chain a chain 10 yards in length, used to measure for a first down 3
  • noun chain a series of things connected causally, logically, physically, etc. 3
  • noun chain a number of stores, restaurants, etc. owned by one company 3
  • noun chain a linkage of atoms in a molecule 3
  • verb transitive chain to fasten or shackle with chains 3
  • verb transitive chain to hold down, restrain, confine, etc. 3
  • noun chain A chain is a number of similar stores, hotels or restaurants with the same owner or management. 3
  • countable noun chain A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line. 3
  • noun plural chain If prisoners are in chains, they have thick rings of metal round their wrists or ankles to prevent them from escaping. 3
  • noun plural chain You can refer to feelings and duties which prevent you from doing what you want to do as chains. 3
  • verb chain If a person or thing is chained to something, they are fastened to it with a chain. 3
  • verb chain Chain up means the same as chain. 3
  • countable noun chain A chain of things is a group of them existing or arranged in a line. 3
  • countable noun chain A chain of shops, hotels, or other businesses is a number of them owned by the same person or company. 3
  • singular noun chain A chain of events is a series of them happening one after another. 3
  • noun chain a flexible length of metal links, used for confining, connecting, pulling, etc, or in jewellery 3
  • noun chain anything that confines, fetters, or restrains 3
  • noun chain a set of metal links that fit over the tyre of a motor vehicle to increase traction and reduce skidding on an icy surface 3
  • noun chain a number of establishments such as hotels, shops, etc, having the same owner or management 3
  • noun chain (as modifier) 3
  • noun chain a series of related or connected facts, events, etc 3
  • noun chain a series of deals in which each depends on a purchaser selling before being able to buy 3
  • noun chain (of reasoning) a sequence of arguments each of which takes the conclusion of the preceding as a premise 3
  • noun chain a unit of length equal to 22 yards 3
  • noun chain a unit of length equal to 100 feet 3
  • noun chain two or more atoms or groups bonded together so that the configuration of the resulting molecule, ion, or radical resembles a chain 3
  • noun chain a series of natural features, esp approximately parallel mountain ranges 3
  • verb chain to measure with a chain or tape 3
  • verb chain to confine, tie, or make fast with or as if with a chain 3
  • verb chain to sew using chain stitch 3
  • noun chain Sir Ernst Boris. 1906–79, British biochemist, born in Germany: purified and adapted penicillin for clinical use; with Fleming and Florey shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1945 3
  • noun chain Ernst Boris1906-79; Brit. biochemist, born in Germany 3
  • noun chain a flexible series of joined links, usually of metal, used to pull, confine, etc. or to transmit power 3
  • noun chain tire chain 3
  • noun chain bonds, shackles, etc. 3
  • noun chain anything that binds, ties, or restrains 3
  • verb with object chain Surveying. to measure (a distance on the ground) with a chain or tape. 1
  • verb with object chain Computers. to link (related items, as records in a file or portions of a program) together, especially so that items can be run in sequence. 1
  • verb with object chain to make (a chain stitch or series of chain stitches), as in crocheting. 1
  • verb without object chain to form or make a chain. 1
  • idioms chain drag the chain, Australian Slang. to lag behind or shirk one's fair share of work. 1
  • idioms chain in the chains, Nautical. standing outboard on the channels or in some similar place to heave the lead to take soundings. 1
  • noun Definition of chain in Technology 1.   (operating system)   (From BASIC's "CHAIN" statement) To pass control to a child or successor without going through the operating system command interpreter that invoked you. The state of the parent program is lost and there is no returning to it. Though this facility used to be common on memory-limited microcomputers and is still widely supported for backward compatibility, the jargon usage is semi-obsolescent; in particular, Unix calls this exec. Compare with the more modern "subshell". 2.   (programming)   A series of linked data areas within an operating system or application program. "Chain rattling" is the process of repeatedly running through the linked data areas searching for one which is of interest. The implication is that there are many links in the chain. 3.   (theory)   A possibly infinite, non-decreasing sequence of elements of some total ordering, S x0 <= x1 <= x2 ... A chain satisfies: for all x,y in S, x <= y \/ y <= x. I.e. any two elements of a chain are related. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq). 1
  • noun chain links 1
  • noun chain necklace 1
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