Sekirov Dictionary

chain

/ˈt͡ʃeɪn/

noun29

  1. a line of metal rings joined together, each passing through the next
  2. An accessory, adornment or insignia comprising, containing or depicting a series of links.
  3. A livery collar, a chain of office.
  4. A snow chain.
  5. A bicycle chain.
  6. A watchchain.
  7. A keychain.
  8. A necklace of chain jewelry, usually gold.
  9. A door chain.
  10. [in the plural] Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
  11. A series of interconnected things.
  12. An unbroken streak.
  13. A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name; a series of such stores as opposed to a small, independent shop.
  14. A chain of command.
  15. (UK) 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).
  16. A blockchain.
  17. A kinetic chain.
  18. A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
  19. (figurative) The sequence of processes and transactions that result in a product or commodity being available.
  20. (figurative) That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
  21. A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
  22. A pair of sticks connected by a ten yard chain, used to measure a down in American football.
  23. A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
  24. A long measuring tape.
  25. 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.
  26. 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).
  27. An element of a group (or module) in a chain complex.
  28. (figurative) A lightning bolt.
  29. The warp threads of a web.

verb10

  1. To fasten something with a chain.
  2. To secure someone with fetters.
  3. (figurative) To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
  4. (figurative) To obligate.
  5. To link multiple items together.
  6. To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
  7. To be chained to another data item.
  8. To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
  9. To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
  10. (rare) To load and automatically run (a program).
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Phrases with chain

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