chain

Etymology
From, , from , , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1) A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
 * 2) A series of interconnected things.
 * 3) A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
 * 4)  A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
 * 5)  A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
 * 6)  A long measuring tape.
 * 7) A unit of length, exactly equal to 22 yards, 4 rods or 100 links, and approximately equal to 20.12 metres; the length of a ; the length of a cricket pitch.
 * 8)  A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
 * 9)  A formal sum of cells in a CW complex of a certain dimension k (in which case the formal sums are called k-chains); a formal sum of simplices or cubes of a certain dimension in a simplical complex or cubical complex (respectively).
 * 10)  An element of a group (or module) in a chain complex.
 * 11)  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).
 * 12) That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
 * 13)  Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
 * 14) A livery collar, a chain of office.
 * 15)  The warp threads of a web.
 * 1)  A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
 * 2)  A formal sum of cells in a CW complex of a certain dimension k (in which case the formal sums are called k-chains); a formal sum of simplices or cubes of a certain dimension in a simplical complex or cubical complex (respectively).
 * 3)  An element of a group (or module) in a chain complex.
 * 4)  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).
 * 5) That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
 * 6)  Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
 * 7) A livery collar, a chain of office.
 * 8)  The warp threads of a web.
 * 1)  Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
 * 2) A livery collar, a chain of office.
 * 3)  The warp threads of a web.
 * 1)  The warp threads of a web.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:sequence
 * See also Thesaurus:sequence

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: varesë, ,
 * Arabic: سِلْسِلَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: سلسلة
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: cadenã, catinã, chiustecã, alis, alsidã, singir, silivar
 * Assamese: শিকলি
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܝܼܫܸܠܬܵܐ
 * Asturian: cadena
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: сынйыр, сылбыр
 * Basque: kate
 * Belarusian: ланцу́г
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: kadena, talikala
 * Chechen: зӏе
 * Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏓᏕᏒᏓ
 * Chinese:
 * Dungan: лянзы
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: cataina
 * Danish: kæde
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: ĉeno
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: keta
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: cjadene, čhadene
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἅλυσις
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ज़ंजीर, श्रृंखला
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: tseppi
 * Ingush: зӏи
 * Interlingua: catena
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kalmyk: шинҗүр
 * Kazakh: шынжыр, тізбек
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: زنجیر
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian: važa, karški
 * Latin:, vinculum
 * Latvian: ķēde
 * Lezgi: зунжур
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: ланец, синџир, верига
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: geuley
 * Maori: mekameka
 * Middle English: cheyne, raketeye
 * Mongolian:
 * Nahuatl:, cadena
 * Navajo: béésh daʼahólzhaʼí
 * Norman: chaîne
 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: racente
 * Old Galician-Portuguese: cadẽa
 * Ottoman Turkish: زنجیر, سلسله
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Kjäd
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: chadaina, cadeina, cadagna, chadagna
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuibhreach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ланац, веруга, верига, вериге
 * Latin:, , ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Sinhalese: ඇකිල්ල
 * Slovak: reťaz
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: rjeśaz
 * Southern Altai: чылбыр, кынјы
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, mnyororo
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kadena, tanikala
 * Tajik: занҷир
 * Tatar:, чулбур
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Tzotzil: karina
 * Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎌𐎗𐎚
 * Ukrainian: ланцю́г, ланцюжо́к
 * Urdu: سلسلہ, زنجیر
 * Uyghur: زەنجىر
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian: cadéna, caéna
 * Vietnamese: (絏䤲),  (䤲)
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: קייט


 * Arabic: سِلْسِلَة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: cadena
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, , zřetězení (fig.)
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: ahel
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian: ланец
 * Malay: rentetan
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: raupapa
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: chaîne
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: سلسله
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ланац
 * Latin:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, се́рія
 * Venetian: caéna, cadéna, ,
 * Vietnamese: (𠁻)


 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Latin: vinculum
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian:


 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: cadena
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: cadena
 * Georgian: ქსელი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: ланец
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Norman: chaîne
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ланац
 * Latin:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: мережа́


 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: cadena
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: virkne
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: ланцю́г, ланцюжо́к


 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Latin:
 * Malayalam:
 * Romanian:
 * Telugu:

Verb

 * 1)  To fasten something with a chain.
 * 2)  To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
 * 3)  To link multiple items together.
 * 4)  To secure someone with fetters.
 * 5)  To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
 * 6)  To obligate.
 * 7)  To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
 * 8)  To be chained to another data item.
 * 9)  To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
 * 10)  To load and automatically run (a program).
 * 1)  To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
 * 2)  To be chained to another data item.
 * 3)  To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
 * 4)  To load and automatically run (a program).
 * 1)  To load and automatically run (a program).
 * 1)  To load and automatically run (a program).

Translations

 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto: alkateni
 * Finnish: kiinnittää ketjulla
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Karipúna Creole French: ãxéne
 * Malay: membelenggu, merantai
 * Old English: *racentian
 * Ottoman Turkish: زنجیرلمك
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: zincirlemek


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ketjuttaa
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: לשרשר
 * Italian:
 * Ojibwe: aanikegamaa
 * Old English: *racentian
 * Ottoman Turkish: زنجیرلمك
 * Polish: ,
 * Slovene: verižiti
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: alkateni
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Macedonian: оковува
 * Old English: *racentian
 * Ottoman Turkish: زنجیرلمك


 * Finnish: sulkea ketjulla


 * Finnish: ketjuttaa


 * Finnish: ketjuttua
 * French: