(linguistics, phonology) A phonological modification of a vowel system in which a change in a particular vowel causes other adjacent vowels to also change in order to avoid vowel mergers.

plural of chain shift

plural of chain stay

(cycling) One of the two frame tubes that run horizontally from the bottom bracket shell back to the rear dropouts.

(computing) A program that compresses a monochrome image

simple past tense and past participle of side chain

present participle of side chain

Synonym of sympathetic trunk

plural of chain viper

Russell's viper