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Definition of 'chain'Noun
( en-noun)
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
- He wore a gold chain around the neck .
A series of interconnected things.
- a chain of mountains
- a chain of ideas, one leading to the next
- This led to an unfortunate chain of events .
A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
- That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town .
(chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
- When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen .
(surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
(surveying) 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. Equal to 4 rods. Equal to 100 links.
(mathematics|order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
(British) 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.
- the chains of habit
* Milton
- Driven down / To chains of darkness and the undying worm.
(nautical|in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
(weaving) The warp threads of a web.
- (Knight)
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Derived terms
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* Albert chain
* ball and chain
* bra chain
* chaincase
* chain drive
* chain gang
* chain gun
* chain letter
* chain lightning
* chainlink
* chainlink fence
* chain mail, chainmail
* chainman
* chain of command
* chain of custody
* chain of events
* chain of production
* chain of thought
* chain of title
* chain pickerel
* chainplate
* chain pump
* chain reaction
* chainring
* chain rule
* chainsaw, chain saw
* chain shot
* chain-smoke
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* chain smoker
* chainsmoking, chain-smoking
* chain stitch
* chain store
* chain story
* daisy chain, daisy-chain
* food chain
* green chain
* Gunter's chain, Gunter's Chain
* heterochain
* hogchain
* homochain
* interchain
* intrachain
* keychain, key chain
* Markov chain
* megachain
* mountain chain
* off the chain
* retail chain
* side chain, sidechain
* signifying chain
* snow chain
* subchain
* supply chain
* toolchain
* waist chain
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Related terms
* catena
Verb
( en-verb)
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.
(computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
(computing) To be chained to another data item.
To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
To load and automatically run (a program).
* 1996 , "Mr D Walsh", Running two programs from a batch file'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.acorn.misc )
- How do you get one program to chain another? I want to run DrawWorks2 then !Draw but as soon as you run Drawworks2 it finishes the batch file and doesn't go on to the next instruction! Is there a way without loading one of these automatic loaders?
* 1998 , "Juan Flynn", BBC software transmitted on TV - how to load?'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.acorn.misc )
- You can do LOAD "" or CHAIN "" to load or chain the next program if I remember correctly (it's been a loooong time since I've used a tape on an Acorn!)
* 2006 , "Richard Porter", SpamStamp double headers'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.acorn.apps )
- Recent versions of AntiSpam no longer use the Config file but have a Settings file instead, so when I updated the Config file to chain SpamStamp it had no effect as it was a redundant file.
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* OED 2nd edition 1989
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