Definition of Chain. Meaning of Chain. Synonyms of Chain

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Definition of Chain

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Pattern box, chain, or cylinder (Figure Weaving), devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure. Pattern card. (a) A set of samples on a card. (b) (Weaving) One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus. Pattern reader, one who arranges textile patterns. Pattern wheel (Horology), a count-wheel.
Chain
Chain Chain, v. t. [imp. p. p. Chained (ch[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Chaining.] 1. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog. Chained behind the hostile car. --Prior. 2. To keep in slavery; to enslave. And which more blest? who chained his country, say Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? --Pope. 3. To unite closely and strongly. And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. --Shak. 4. (Surveying) To measure with the chain. 5. To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.

Meaning of Chain from wikipedia

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- A Markov chain is a stochastic model describing a sequence of possible events in which the probability of each event depends only on the state attained...
- definition (in a chain polymerization) Chemical reaction between a chain carrier and a monomer that results in the growth of a polymer chain and the regeneration...
- In commerce, supply chain management (SCM), the management of the flow of goods and services, between businesses and locations, and includes the movement...
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- The chain fountain phenomenon, also known as the self-siphoning beads, Newton's beads or the Mould effect, is a counterintuitive physical phenomenon observed...
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