English Dictionary

chain

/ˈt͡ʃeɪn/

noun

A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. / A series of interconnected things. / A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.

He wore a gold chain around his neck.

意味（1）

A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.

He wore a gold chain around the neck.

意味（2）

A series of interconnected things.

a chain of mountains

意味（3）

A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.

That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town.

意味（4）

(chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.

When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen.

意味（5）

(surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.

意味（6）

(surveying) A long measuring tape.

意味（7）

A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.

Garn! shouted the guard. Taint ten chain. […]

意味（8）

(mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.

We first find an approximation of the chain partition, i.e. a small but not minimum size set of chains which cover all elements of the poset.

意味（9）

(Britain) A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).

意味（10）

That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.

the chains of habit

意味（11）

(nautical, in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.

意味（12）

A livery collar, a chain of office.

And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords

And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat,

Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue

And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.

意味（13）

(weaving) The warp threads of a web.