Word: antichains
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: an
ti
chains
Definition: Plural of antichain. A subset, A, of a partially ordered set, (P, ≤), such that no two elements of A are comparable with respect to ≤.
Morphemes:
Affix: anti-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Against, hostile to.
Affix: chain
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: catēna
Language: la
Decoded: catena
Meaning: chain
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.