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| 1. | [ noun ] a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | |
| Synonyms: | concatenation | |
| Examples: | : "the chain of command" "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" |
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| Related terms: | series catena daisy_chain catenate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) | |
| Synonyms: | chemical_chain | |
| Related terms: | unit open_chain closed_chain molecule chemistry catenate | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament | |
| Related terms: | ligament paper_chain anchor_chain chatelaine bicycle_chain tire_chains fob pull_chain cycle bicycle chain_tongs chain_printer | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership | |
| Related terms: | business retail_chain apparel_chain discount_chain restaurant_chain chain_store dramaturgy | |
| 5. | [ noun ] anything that acts as a restraint | |
| Related terms: | restraint | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (geography) a series of hills or mountains | |
| Synonyms: | range mountain_chain range_of_mountains chain_of_mountains mountain_range | |
| Examples: | "the valley was between two ranges of hills" "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" |
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| Related terms: | geological_formation selkirk_mountains Adirondacks Alleghenies Appalachians Great_Smoky_Mountains Berkshires Black_Hills Cascades Catskills Coast_Range Cumberland_Mountains Apennines Caucasus Karakoram Kunlun Hindu_Kush Tien_Shan Andes Alaska_Range Alps Balkans Ozarks Pyrenees Rockies Sierra_Nevada Teton_Range St._Elias_Range Himalayas Blue_Ridge_Mountains sierra Urals admiralty_range cantabrian_mountains dolomite_alps guadalupe_mountains mesabi_range nan_ling sacramento_mountains sierra_madre_occidental sierra_madre_oriental sierra_nevada atlas_mountains australian_alps carpathian_mountains eastern_highlands mount_carmel rhodope_mountains san_juan_mountains pass massif | |
| 7. | [ verb ] fasten or secure with chains | |
| Examples: | "Chain the chairs together" |
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| Related terms: | unchain fasten | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a unit of length | |
| Related terms: | linear_unit Gunter's_chain nautical_chain engineer's_chain foot yard link | |
| 9. | [ noun ] metal shackles; for hands or legs | |
| Synonyms: | irons chains iron | |
| Related terms: | shackle | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (chemistry,biochemistry) British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) | |
| Synonyms: | sir_ernst_boris_chain ernst_boris_chain | |
| Related terms: | biochemist | |
| 11. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 22383 | |
| 12. | [ verb ] connect or arrange into a chain by linking | |
| Related terms: | arrange concatenate | |
| 13. | [ noun ] a necklace made by a stringing objects together | |
| Synonyms: | strand string | |
| Examples: | "a string of beads" or "a strand of pearls" |
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| Related terms: | necklace string | |
| Similar spelling: |
Chin Chien Chino Chinn chine China Chian Chun chon chimney Chan Chen Chana Chunn chime Cheney Cheyne Chauna Chaney chanoyu chennai Cain |
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