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chain [n][en]

1)	a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

Synonyms :

cadeia cadena цепь 链 chaîne kette 체인 チェーン

2)	a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

Synonyms :

strand string cadeia cadena цепь 链 Строка 字符串 chaîne kette 체인 チェーン鎖文字列 strang 좌초 문자열

See Also:

necklace draw

3)	anything that acts as a restraint

Synonyms :

cadeia cadena цепь 链 chaîne kette 체인 チェーン

See Also:

constraint

4)	metal shackles; for hands or legs

Synonyms :

chains iron irons cadeia redes ferro ferros cadena cadenas цепь 链 hierro hierros железо утюги 铁杆 catene chaîne chaînes kette ketten 사슬 체인 チェーン bügeleisen アイロン fer fers_à_repasser 아이언 철분

See Also:

bond

5)	a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

Synonyms :

cadeia cadena цепь 链 chaîne kette 체인 チェーン

6)	a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"

Synonyms :

concatenation cadeia concatenação cadena concatenación цепь 链 конкатенация 串联 chaîne kette concatenazione 체인 concaténation verkettung 연결 チェーン連結

See Also:

series catenate catena daisy_chain

7)	(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

Synonyms :

chemical_chain cadeia cadeia_química cadena química_en_cadena цепь химическая_цепочка 链化学链 chimiche_a_catena chaîne chimiques_de_la_chaîne kette chemische_kette 체인 화학_체인 チェーン化学チェーン

8)	a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

Synonyms :

chain_of_mountains mountain_chain mountain_range range range_of_mountains cadeia cadeia_de_montanhas cordilheira faixa cadena cadena_de_montañas цепь цепь_гор 链链山 cadena_montañosa cordillera линия rango горная_цепь горный_хребет 山脉山区范围 bereich 범위 catena_di_montagne chaîne chaîne_de_montagnes kette bergkette 체인 산에_체인 チェーン山の連鎖山々が連なる山脈範囲山々の連なり montagna_della_catena gebirge gamme 산맥 산들의_범위

9)	British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

Synonyms :

ernst_boris_chain sir_ernst_boris_chain cadeia ernst_boris_cadeia sir_ernst_boris_cadeia cadena цепь 链 эрнст_чейн_борис 链恩斯特鲍里斯 señor_boris_cadena_de_ernst сэр_эрнст_чейн_борис 主席先生，恩斯特鲍里斯链 chaîne kette 체인 チェーン 에른스트_보리스_체인 エルンストボリスチェーンサーエルンストボリスチェーン sir_ernst_boris_catena sir_ernst_boris_chaîne 선생님_에른스트_보리스_체인

See Also:

biochemist

10)

a unit of length

Synonyms :

cadeia cadena цепь 链 chaîne kette 체인 チェーン

chain [v][en]

1)	fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"

Synonyms :

cadeia cadena цепь 链 chaîne kette 체인 チェーン

See Also:

fasten unchain

2)	connect or arrange into a chain by linking

Synonyms :

cadeia cadena цепь 链 chaîne kette 체인 チェーン

See Also:

arrange concatenate

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. (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)

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