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Chain

noun

1.

A series of things depending on each other as if linked together. Synonym: concatenation. "A complicated concatenation of circumstances"

2.

(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule). Synonym: chemical chain.

3.

A series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament.

4.

(business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership.

5.

Anything that acts as a restraint.

6.

A unit of length.

7.

British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979). Synonyms: Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain.

8.

A series of hills or mountains. Synonyms: chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains. "The plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

9.

A linked or connected series of objects.

10.

A necklace made by a stringing objects together. Synonyms: strand, string. "A strand of pearls"

verb

(past & past part. chained; pres. part. chaining)

1.

Connect or arrange into a chain by linking.

2.

Fasten or secure with chains.

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"Chain" Quotes from Famous Books

... by their kits, and a few officers' horses and a little knot of ten mules for the last buck-waggon. It was an utterly still moonlight night, only broken by the distant chirruping of frogs and the occasional tinkle of a mule's chain. ...

— In the Ranks of the C.I.V. • Erskine Childers

... internal commerce, and to give as a support to the commercial power of France a navy established on a firm basis and of dimensions hitherto unknown,"—such, we are told, were the aims of Colbert as regards two of the three links in the chain of sea power. For the third, the colonies at the far end of the line, the same governmental direction and organization were evidently purposed; for the government began by buying back Canada, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and the French West India Islands from the parties who then owned them. ...

— The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 • A. T. Mahan

... vertical mast, also firmly held by stays or guys. The whole must be anchored to the bottom of the sea by attachment to a large cemented block or other heavy weight having a ring let into it, from which is attached a chain of a few links connecting with an upright beam. It is the continuation of the latter above sea-level which forms the mast. On this beam the framework of the buoy must be free ...

— Twentieth Century Inventions - A Forecast • George Sutherland

... promise. The knight held out his hand in open kindliness. "You did well," he said. "Every man who keeps faith with his neighbor, every good soldier, every wise and gentle monk, and more than all, every true woman, is a link in a great chain that makes for the safety of Christendom. A token is a small thing,—yes—but what is our Cross itself but a token? I would wish my own lad Roger to ...

— Masters of the Guild • L. Lamprey

... up by the belfry timbers, and Bligh had sunk in a heap on the deck. Abel Keeling's movement overturned the pipkin, which raced the little trickle of its contents down the deck and lodged where the still and brimming sea made, as it were, a chain with the carved balustrade of the quarter-deck—one link a still gleaming edge, then a dark baluster, and then another gleaming link. For one moment only Abel Keeling found himself noticing that that which had driven Bligh aft had been the rising of the ...

— Widdershins • Oliver Onions

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