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chain
has definitions from the fields of business,chemistry,geography,biochemistry
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[ noun ] a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
Synonyms Examples : "the chain of command" "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Despite generally good levels of income , we see greater price pressures than ever before - traveling back along the chain from consumer to distributor to manufacturer . There may be possible economies at any one of a number of links in your marketing and distribution chain . ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)This can be done by stories in your house_organs , posters , special publications , letters to workers ' homes as_well_as by_word_of_mouth through your chain of command . (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)Both I and my feelings come_up out of a chain of events that fan_out into the past into sources that are ultimately very unlike the entity which I now am . (Hugh Kelly and Ted Ziehe, "Glossary Lookup Made Easy"...)Thus , when more_than one distinct form leads to a particular cell in the X-region , a chain of information cells must be created to accommodate the forms , one cell in the chain for each form . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
Synonyms Used in print (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)Greasy soils , which are typified by hydrocarbons and fats ( esters of glycerol with long chain organic acids ) . Physicochemical investigations of anionic surfactants , including the soaps , have shown that there is little polymerization or agglomeration of the chain anions below a certain region of concentration called the critical micelle concentration . Related_to micelle formation is the technologically important ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil_water_interfaces in such a manner that the polar ( or ionized ) end of the molecule is directed towards the aqueous phase and the hydrocarbon chain towards the oily phase . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)The nuclei of these fibers , as is shown in Figures 3 and 4 , showed remarkable proliferation and were closely approximated , forming a chain like structure at either the center or the periphery of the fiber . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)When he had stored his stock in the great oak chest , locked the two big hasps and secured the additional chain , tied the fly of the tent , and picked_up the cash box , he moved_up the darkening street . |
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[ noun ] (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
Used in print (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)A funeral_parlor chain was indicted for price-cutting . |
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[ noun ] anything that acts as a restraint
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[ noun ] (geography) a series of hills or mountains
Examples "the valley was between two ranges of hills" "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" Related terms geological_formation selkirk_mountains Adirondacks Alleghenies Appalachians Great_Smoky_Mountains Berkshires Black_Hills Cascades Catskills Coast_Range Cumberland_Mountains Apennines Caucasus Karakoram Kunlun Hindu_Kush Tien_Shan Andes Alaska_Range Alps Balkans Ozarks Pyrenees Rockies Sierra_Nevada Teton_Range St._Elias_Range Himalayas Blue_Ridge_Mountains sierra Urals admiralty_range cantabrian_mountains dolomite_alps guadalupe_mountains mesabi_range nan_ling sacramento_mountains sierra_madre_occidental sierra_madre_oriental sierra_nevada atlas_mountains australian_alps carpathian_mountains eastern_highlands mount_carmel rhodope_mountains san_juan_mountains pass massif |
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[ noun ] a unit of length
Related terms linear_unit Gunter's_chain nautical_chain engineer's_chain foot yard link |
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[ noun ] (chemistry,biochemistry) British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 22383
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[ verb ] connect or arrange into a chain by linking
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