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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- "The Chain" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on their 1977 Rumours. It is the only song from the album credited to...
- 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...
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- In commerce, supply chain management (SCM), the management of the flow of goods and services, involves the movement and storage of raw materials, of work-in-process...
- 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...
- unbranched chain. In the case of unbranched polyethylene, this chain is a long-chain n-alkane.  There are also branched macromolecules with a main chain and...
- Side-chain, side chain, or sidechain may refer to: Side chain, a chemical group attached to the main chain or backbone of a molecule, such as a protein...
- Unlike industrial or chains for other purposes, jewellery chains or body chains are designed for aesthetic purposes. Jewellery chains are typically made...
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