Chain - Definition
chain
n 1: a series of things depending on each other as if linked
together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated
concatenation of circumstances" [syn: chain,
concatenation]
2: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic
molecule) [syn: chain, chemical chain]
3: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one
another to make a flexible ligament
4: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or
restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one
ownership
5: anything that acts as a restraint
6: a unit of length
7: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and
purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir
Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) [syn: Chain, Ernst Boris
Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain]
8: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two
ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain
range" [syn: range, mountain range, range of mountains,
chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains]
9: a linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies"
10: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string
of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string,
strand]
v 1: connect or arrange into a chain by linking
2: fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"
[ant: unchain]