chain
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: algebraic-topology
business
chemistry
computing
engineering
geography
manufacturing
mathematics
natural-sciences
nautical
order-theory
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
set-theory
surveying
textiles
topology
transport
weaving
Etymology: 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”). Doublet of catena. Displaced native Middle English rakil and rakent (from Old English racente (“chain”)); see rackan.
Inflected forms:
form: chains
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chains
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chaining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: chained
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: chained
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
pos: noun
examples: He wore a gold chain around the neck.
The anchor is connected to the boat with a 100-metre long chain.
gloss: A series of interconnected things.
pos: noun
examples: a chain of mountains
a chain of ideas, one leading to the next
This led to an unfortunate chain of events.
gloss: A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
pos: noun
examples: That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town.
gloss: A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
pos: noun
tags: physical
examples: side chain
When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen.
gloss: A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
pos: noun
gloss: A long measuring tape.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: "But it's too far—must be a quarter of a mile—and I've a portmanteau to carry." […]
"Garn!" shouted the guard. "Taint ten chain. […]"
gloss: A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
pos: noun
examples: We first find an approximation of the chain partition, i.e. a small but not minimum size set of chains which cover all elements of the poset.
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
gloss: An element of a group (or module) in a chain complex.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
pos: noun
examples: the chains of habit
Driven down / To chains of darkness and the undying worm.
gloss: Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
gloss: A livery collar, a chain of office.
pos: noun
examples: And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords
And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat,
Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue
For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.
gloss: The warp threads of a web.
pos: noun
gloss: To fasten something with a chain.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You should chain your bicycle to the railings to protect it from being stolen.
gloss: To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: 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.
gloss: To link multiple items together.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To secure someone with fetters.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To obligate.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: I miss when Game Of Thrones was wide open, but even then, the writers were chained to a narrative they didn’t yet know the ending of and feared straying too far from.
gloss: To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
pos: verb
gloss: To be chained to another data item.
pos: verb
examples: You don’t need to maintain state, or partition execution into different objects that then you can chain together (one executes the other on completion — chained continuations).
gloss: To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: As the line was surveyed - a sufficient length being first chained by a surveyor, who was followed by axemen - trees had to be felled and a certain width maintained, which was specified in the contract, for drays had to follow, and the trees might have fallen upon the line and broken it down at the very outset.
gloss: To load and automatically run (a program).
pos: verb
tags: rare
transitive
examples: 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?
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!)
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.
Derived words: academy chain
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
air chain
airchain
antichain
ascending chain condition
backchain
ball and chain
ball chain
belly chain
beta chain
block chain
blockchain
branched-chain
brequet chain
catena
chainable
chainage
chain armour
chain binder
chain boat
chainbolt
chain bridge
chain-cable
chain cable
chain case
chaincase
chain code
chain complex
chain conveyor
chain dance
chain drill
chain drive
chain-driven
chainer
chainfall
chain fern
chain ferry
chain fountain
chain fruit
chain gang
chain-ganger
chain group
chain growth polymerization
chainguard
chain guard
chain gun
chain hobble
chain-ladder method
chain latch
chainless
chainlet
chain letter
chain-light
chain lightning
chainlike
chainlink
chain-link
chainlink fence
chain locker
chain-mail
chain mail
chainmail
chainmaking
chainman
chain map
chain-melted
chain-melted state
chain migration
chain of command
chain of custody
chain of events
chain of evidence
chain of production
chain-of-responsibility pattern
chain of thought
chain of title
chain pickerel
chain pier
chain pipe
chainplate
chain pump
chain reaction
chainring
chain rule
chainsaw
chain saw
chainset
chain shift
chain shot
chain-shot
chain sickle
chain silicate
chain sinnet
chain slap
chainsmith
chain smoke
chain-smoke
chain smoker
chain-smoker
chain-smoking
chainsmoking
chain smoking
chain-snatch
chainsorter
chain stay
chainstay
chainsticks
chain stitch
chain store
chain story
chain suck
chain tie
chain tower
Chain Valley Bay
chain viper
chainwale
chainwheel
chain whip
chainwide
chainwise
chainwork
chainworks
choke chain
choker chain
cochain
cold chain
cool chain
cross-chain
crotch chain
Cunningham chain
curb chain
daisy-chain
decay chain
descending chain condition
dialect chain
discrete-time Markov chain
door chain
drag-chain
drag the chain
drowning chain
enchain
endless chain
engineer's chain
first island chain
First Island Chain
forechain
glycochain
golden chain
golden-chain
golden-chain tree
golden chain tree
great chain of being
Gunter's chain
heterochain
hill chain
hobble chain
hobble-chain
hog chain
hogchain
homochain
human chain
interchain
intrachain
island chain
jack chain
jerk someone's chain
keychain
kill chain
ladies' chain
let fluffy off the chain
light chain
long-chain
mainchain
measuring chain
medium-chain
medium-chain triglyceride
megachain
midchain
minichain
multichain
nanochain
netted chain fern
nonchain
off-chain
off the chain
on-chain
open-chain
paper chain
pawn chain
peptide chain
pole-chain
pole chain
polymerase chain reaction
polypeptide chain
power chain
protein chain
pull someone's chain
rattle someone's chain
rechain
roller chain
safety chain
seamount chain
second island chain
Second Island Chain
security chain
short-chain
sidechain
single-chain
slave chain
straight chain
straight-chain
subchain
supply chain visibility
swap chain
sympathetic chain
Third Island Chain
third island chain
tire chain
toolchain
top-chain
tyre chain
value chain
very long-chain
very-long-chain
watch chain
watchchain
word chain
worm-like chain
yank someone's chain
unchain
chain up
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