chain
n. series of metal rings which are linked together; mountain range; group of (stores, banks, etc.) under one management; device used to measure distances (made up of a series of links measuring 20 meters) v. imprison, place in fetters, tie down; make a chain adj. using a chain; comprising of a chain | ||||
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Chain&tl= Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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chain
1. <operating system> (From BASIC's "CHAIN" statement) To pass control to a child or successor without going through the operating system command interpreter that invoked you. The state of the parent program is lost and there is no returning to it. Though this facility used to be common on memory-limited microcomputers and is still widely supported for backward compatibility, the jargon usage is semi-obsolescent; in particular, Unix calls this exec.
Compare with the more modern "subshell".
2. A series of linked data areas within an operating system or application program. "Chain rattling" is the process of repeatedly running through the linked data areas searching for one which is of interest. The implication is that there are many links in the chain.
3. A possibly infinite, non-decreasing sequence of elements of some total ordering, S
x0 <= x1 <="x2" ...
A chain satisfies:
for all x,y in S, x <= y \/ y <="x.I.e. any two elements of a chain are related.
("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-03)
1. <operating system> (From BASIC's "CHAIN" statement) To pass control to a child or successor without going through the operating system command interpreter that invoked you. The state of the parent program is lost and there is no returning to it. Though this facility used to be common on memory-limited microcomputers and is still widely supported for backward compatibility, the jargon usage is semi-obsolescent; in particular, Unix calls this exec.
Compare with the more modern "subshell".
2.
3.
x0 <= x1 <="x2" ...
A chain satisfies:
for all x,y in S, x <= y \/ y <="x.
("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-03)
| Jargon File |
chain
1. vi. [orig. from BASIC's
1. vi. [orig. from BASIC's
CHAIN statement] To hand off execution to a child or successor without going through the OS command interpreter that invoked it. The state of the parent program is lost and there is no returning to it. Though this facility used to be common on memory-limited micros and is still widely supported for backward compatibility, the jargon usage is semi-obsolescent; in particular, most Unix programmers will think of this as an exec. Oppose the more modern `subshell'. 2. n. A series of linked data areas within an operating system or application. `Chain rattling' is the process of repeatedly running through the linked data areas searching for one which is of interest to the executing program. The implication is that there is a very large number of links on the chain.
Chain&tl= Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| DOD Dictionary of Military Terms |
chain
See net, chain, cell system.
See net, chain, cell system.
Chain&tl= Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Chain
(v. t.)
To unite closely and strongly.
(v. t.)
To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
(v. t.)
To measure with the chain.
(v. t.)
To keep in slavery; to enslave.
(v. t.)
To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
(n.)
The warp threads of a web.
(n.)
That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
(n.)
Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
(n.)
An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
(n.)
A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
(n.)
A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
(v. t.)
To unite closely and strongly.
(v. t.)
To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
(v. t.)
To measure with the chain.
(v. t.)
To keep in slavery; to enslave.
(v. t.)
To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
(n.)
The warp threads of a web.
(n.)
That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
(n.)
Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
(n.)
An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.
(n.)
A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
(n.)
A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
| WordNet 2.0 |
Chain
Noun
1. British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
(synonym) Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain
(hypernym) biochemist
Noun
1. British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
(synonym) Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain
(hypernym) biochemist
chain
Noun
1. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
(synonym) concatenation
(hypernym) series
(hyponym) catena
(derivation) catenate, catenulate
2. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
(synonym) chemical chain
(hypernym) unit, building block
(hyponym) closed chain, ring
(part-holonym) molecule
(derivation) catenate, catenulate
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
3. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
(hypernym) ligament
(hyponym) anchor chain
(part-holonym) chain printer
4. a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
(hypernym) business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
(hyponym) apparel chain
(member-meronym) chain store
(classification) dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
5. anything that acts as a restraint
(hypernym) restraint, constraint
6. a unit of length
(hypernym) linear unit
(hyponym) Gunter's chain
(part-meronym) foot, ft
7. a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
(synonym) range, mountain range, range of mountains, mountain chain, chain of mountains
(hypernym) geological formation, formation
(hyponym) Adirondacks, Adirondack Mountains
(part-meronym) massif
8. metal shackles; for hands or legs
(synonym) iron, irons, chains
(hypernym) shackle, bond, hamper, trammel, trammels
9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
(synonym) string, strand
(hypernym) necklace
Verb
1. connect or arrange into a chain by linking
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(hyponym) concatenate
2. fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"
(antonym) unchain
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
| The Phrase Finder |
Ball and chain
Meaning
Colloquial British term meaning wife.
Origin
The allusion being to the presumption that a man's wife held him back from doing the things he really wanted to.
Meaning
Colloquial British term meaning wife.
Origin
The allusion being to the presumption that a man's wife held him back from doing the things he really wanted to.
| Australian Slang |
Ball and chain
wife
wife
Blow a blue dog off its chain
extremely windy
Daisy chain
1. continuous chain of homosexual males engaged in having sex, each performing anal intercourse with the next; 2. any group people engaged in lovemaking forming some chain-like formation
Drag the chain
be somewhat tardy
Let fluffy off the chain
fart
Lick the bowl when they have finished, rather than pull the chain
penny-pinch with money
Old ball and chain
(derogatory) the wife
Pull one's chain
fool smb.
Yank one's chain
to tell a lie
| Anagram |
chain
china
china
| hEnglish - advanced version |
chain
heel chain
chain pumps
chain riveting
crotch chain
chemical chain
chain pipe
side chain
chain plate
rudder chain
chain pump
chain pulley
chain molding
chain of mountains
gearing chain
chain pier
chain hook
chain lightning
chain locker
chain mail
chain timber
sir ernst boris chain
endless chain
pitch chain
restaurant chain
daisy-chain
mountain chain
closed chain
chain tie
chain wales
virginia chain fern
chain wheel
markov chain
chain rule
chain shot
chain stitch
gunter`s chain
retail chain
chain bond
chain bolt
watch chain
chain armor
chain boat
chain belt
limber chain
top-chain
chain armour
open chain
block chain
chain cable
butt chain
chain bridge
golden chain
brequet chain
chain coral
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land chain
chain gang
chain coupling
heel chain
chain pumps
chain riveting
crotch chain
chemical chain
chain pipe
side chain
chain plate
rudder chain
chain pump
chain pulley
chain molding
chain of mountains
gearing chain
chain pier
chain hook
chain lightning
chain locker
chain mail
chain timber
sir ernst boris chain
endless chain
pitch chain
restaurant chain
daisy-chain
mountain chain
closed chain
chain tie
chain wales
virginia chain fern
chain wheel
markov chain
chain rule
chain shot
chain stitch
gunter`s chain
retail chain
chain bond
chain bolt
watch chain
chain armor
chain boat
chain belt
limber chain
top-chain
chain armour
open chain
block chain
chain cable
butt chain
chain bridge
golden chain
brequet chain
chain coral
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land chain
chain gang
chain coupling
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Cadwen
Cadwen = n. a bandage, a chain
Cadwen = n. a bandage, a chain
Cadwyn
Cadwyn = n. a bond, a chain
Cadwyno
Cadwyno = v. to chain
Godrwy
Godrwy = n. a wreath, a chain
Gwryd
Gwryd = n. a chain
Rhau
Rhau = n. a band, a chain
Syg
Syg = n. a chain, a trace
Tid
Tid = n. a draught chain
Ystres
Ystres = n. a wreath, a chain
Ystresu
Ystresu = v. to wreath, to chain
Chain&tl= Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Rakefet |
Chain
Chain Used in modern theosophy to designate the visible and invisible globes which form the interior and exterior structure of any celestial body. The kosmos as a whole is a living organism, subdivided into almost innumerable subordinate series of hierarchical units; hence the kosmos is an assemblage of beings of many kinds, each of which is a compound unit, and in order to signify that the elements composing each such unit are linked together as an individual, the word chain is applied to celestial bodies. The teaching is that every celestial body whatever, visible or invisible, forms a unity with companion globes on invisible planes. When referring to the chains of globes forming a solar system, it is customary to call them planetary chains; thus we have the earth-chain, the lunar chain, the Mercury-chain, etc., each consisting of seven such globes on the manifested plane, to which the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are applied.
The globes of a chain are said to be in coadunation but not in consubstantiality, which means that, though of different grades of materiality, they form a catenary unit. Although each chain consists of seven or twelve globes, the only one visible to the human eye on earth is that which is on the same plane of materiality. Of the twelve globes to each chain, seven belong to the manifested worlds and five to the unmanifested. The seven manifested globes are distributed on four planes, and the twelve globes on seven planes, as shown in the diagram.
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Chain Used in modern theosophy to designate the visible and invisible globes which form the interior and exterior structure of any celestial body. The kosmos as a whole is a living organism, subdivided into almost innumerable subordinate series of hierarchical units; hence the kosmos is an assemblage of beings of many kinds, each of which is a compound unit, and in order to signify that the elements composing each such unit are linked together as an individual, the word chain is applied to celestial bodies. The teaching is that every celestial body whatever, visible or invisible, forms a unity with companion globes on invisible planes. When referring to the chains of globes forming a solar system, it is customary to call them planetary chains; thus we have the earth-chain, the lunar chain, the Mercury-chain, etc., each consisting of seven such globes on the manifested plane, to which the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are applied.
The globes of a chain are said to be in coadunation but not in consubstantiality, which means that, though of different grades of materiality, they form a catenary unit. Although each chain consists of seven or twelve globes, the only one visible to the human eye on earth is that which is on the same plane of materiality. Of the twelve globes to each chain, seven belong to the manifested worlds and five to the unmanifested. The seven manifested globes are distributed on four planes, and the twelve globes on seven planes, as shown in the diagram.
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| Easton's Bible Dictionary |
Chain
(1.) A part of the insignia of office. A chain of gold was placed about Joseph's neck (Gen. 41:42); and one was promised to Daniel (5:7). It is used as a symbol of sovereignty (Ezek. 16:11). The breast-plate of the high-priest was fastened to the ephod by golden chains (Ex. 39:17, 21). (2.) It was used as an ornament (Prov. 1:9; Cant. 1:10). The Midianites adorned the necks of their camels with chains (Judg. 8:21, 26). (3.) Chains were also used as fetters wherewith prisoners were bound (Judg. 16:21; 2 Sam. 3:34; 2 Kings 25:7; Jer. 39:7). Paul was in this manner bound to a Roman soldier (Acts 28:20; Eph. 6:20; 2 Tim. 1:16). Sometimes, for the sake of greater security, the prisoner was attached by two chains to two soldiers, as in the case of Peter (Acts 12:6).
(1.) A part of the insignia of office. A chain of gold was placed about Joseph's neck (Gen. 41:42); and one was promised to Daniel (5:7). It is used as a symbol of sovereignty (Ezek. 16:11). The breast-plate of the high-priest was fastened to the ephod by golden chains (Ex. 39:17, 21). (2.) It was used as an ornament (Prov. 1:9; Cant. 1:10). The Midianites adorned the necks of their camels with chains (Judg. 8:21, 26). (3.) Chains were also used as fetters wherewith prisoners were bound (Judg. 16:21; 2 Sam. 3:34; 2 Kings 25:7; Jer. 39:7). Paul was in this manner bound to a Roman soldier (Acts 28:20; Eph. 6:20; 2 Tim. 1:16). Sometimes, for the sake of greater security, the prisoner was attached by two chains to two soldiers, as in the case of Peter (Acts 12:6).
| Smith's Bible Dictionary |
Chain
Chains were used,
→ As badges of office;
→ For ornament;
→ For confining prisoners.
→ the gold chain placed about Joseph's neck, (Genesis 41:42) and that promised to Daniel, (Daniel 5:7) are instances of the first use. In (Ezekiel 16:11) the chain is mentioned as the symbol of sovereignty.
→ Chains for ornamental purposes were worn by men as well as women. (Proverbs 1:9) Judith 10:4. The Midianites adorned the necks of their camels with chains. (Judges 8:21,26) Step-chains were attached to the ankle-rings. (Isaiah 3:16,18)
→ The means adopted for confining prisoners among the Jews were fetters similar to our handcuffs. (Judges 16:21; 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Kings 25:7; Jeremiah 39:7) Among the Romans the prisoner was handcuffed to his guard, and occasionally to two guards. (Acts 12:6,7; 21:33)
Chains were used,
→ As badges of office;
→ For ornament;
→ For confining prisoners.
→ the gold chain placed about Joseph's neck, (Genesis 41:42) and that promised to Daniel, (Daniel 5:7) are instances of the first use. In (Ezekiel 16:11) the chain is mentioned as the symbol of sovereignty.
→ Chains for ornamental purposes were worn by men as well as women. (Proverbs 1:9) Judith 10:4. The Midianites adorned the necks of their camels with chains. (Judges 8:21,26) Step-chains were attached to the ankle-rings. (Isaiah 3:16,18)
→ The means adopted for confining prisoners among the Jews were fetters similar to our handcuffs. (Judges 16:21; 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Kings 25:7; Jeremiah 39:7) Among the Romans the prisoner was handcuffed to his guard, and occasionally to two guards. (Acts 12:6,7; 21:33)
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Ajalon
a chain; strength; a stag
a chain; strength; a stag
Chain&tl= Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of petroleum Industry |
chain
in offshore drilling, a heavy line constructed of iron bars looped together and used for a mooring line.
in offshore drilling, a heavy line constructed of iron bars looped together and used for a mooring line.
Chain&tl= Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Dictionary of Automotive Terms |
Chain
Linked metal rope that connects the chainwheel to the back wheel, sized differently for different types of bikes. Also see cam chain , derailleur chains and timing chain .
Linked metal rope that connects the chainwheel to the back wheel, sized differently for different types of bikes. Also see cam chain , derailleur chains and timing chain .
| Glossary of Cartographic Terms |
chain
Unit of length equal to 66 feet, used especially in the U.S. public land surveys. The original measuring instrument (Gunter's chain) was literally a chain consisting of 100 iron links, each 7.92 inches long. Steel-ribbon tapes began to supersede chains around 1900, but surveying tapes are often still called "chains" and measuring with a tape is often called "chaining." The chain is a convenient unit in cadastral surveys because 10 square chains equal 1 acre.
Unit of length equal to 66 feet, used especially in the U.S. public land surveys. The original measuring instrument (Gunter's chain) was literally a chain consisting of 100 iron links, each 7.92 inches long. Steel-ribbon tapes began to supersede chains around 1900, but surveying tapes are often still called "chains" and measuring with a tape is often called "chaining." The chain is a convenient unit in cadastral surveys because 10 square chains equal 1 acre.
Chain&tl= Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
chain
catena
catena
Chain&tl= Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Chain (made of links)
naf-elakh (TGV), naflakh (MGV)
naf-elakh (TGV), naflakh (MGV)
Chain (series)
weizehl
| English - Klingon |
chain
n. mIr
n. mIr
Chain&tl= Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
CHAIN
CHAIN can refer to:
- CHAIN programming language
- CHAIN (industry standard), an acronym for Ceced Home Appliances Interoperating Network, a standard for a multi-brands home network of interactive household appliances.
See also Chain.
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Chain
A chain is a series of connected links, usually made of metal.
Chains are usually made in one of two styles, according to their intended use:
- Those designed for lifting, such as when used with a hoist; for pulling; or for securing, such as with a bicycle lock, have links that are torus shaped, which makes the chain flexible in two dimensions.
- Those designed for transferring power in machines have links designed to mesh with the teeth of the sprockets of the machine, and are flexible in only one dimension. They are known as Roller chains.
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