chain

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noun

Plural noun:

chains

1.
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
He wore a gold chain around the neck.
The anchor is connected to the boat with a 100-metre long chain.
2.
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.
3.
A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town.
4.
(physical)(organic chemistry, physical chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
side chain
When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen.
5.
(surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
6.
(surveying) A long measuring tape.
7.
A unit of length, exactly equal to 22 yards, which is 4 rods or 100 links, and approximately equal to 20.12 metres; the length of a Gunter's surveying chain; the length of a cricket pitch.
8.
(mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
9.
(algebraic topology, originally) A formal sum of cells in a CW complex of a certain dimension k (in which case the formal sums are called k'''-chains); a formal sum of simplices or cubes of a certain dimension in a simplical complex or cubical complex (respectively).
10.
(broadly)(algebraic topology, homological algebra, more generally) An element of a group (or module) in a chain complex.
11.
(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).
12.
That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
the chains of habit

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verb

V_es/s

chains

V_ing/Gerund

chaining

V_ed/pp

chained

1.
(transitive)To fasten something with a chain.
You should chain your bicycle to the railings to protect it from being stolen.
2.
(figuratively)(figurative) To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
Sometimes I feel like I'm chained to this computer.
She's been chained to her principles since she was 18, it's unlikely you can convince her otherwise.
3.
(intransitive)To link multiple items together.
4.
(transitive)To secure someone with fetters.
5.
(transitive)To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
6.
(figuratively)(figurative) To obligate.
7.
(computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
8.
(computing) To be chained to another data item.
9.
(transitive)To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
10.
(rare, transitive)(transitive, computing, rare, associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).

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From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaine, chaene (chain), from Latin catēna (chain), from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (to braid, twist; hut, shed). catena. Displaced native rakil and rakent (from racente); see rackan.