Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: chain, chain_of_mountains, chemical_chain, mountain_chain

'chain'

[chain.n.01] as in: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

Examples:
the chain of command
a complicated concatenation of circumstances

'chain'

[chain.n.02] as in: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

'chain'

[chain.n.03] as in: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

'chain'

[chain.n.04] as in: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

'chain'

[chain.n.05] as in: anything that acts as a restraint

'chain'

[chain.n.06] as in: a unit of length

'chain'

[chain.n.07] as in: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

'chain'

[range.n.04] as in: a series of hills or mountains

Examples:
the valley was between two ranges of hills
the plains lay just beyond the mountain range

'chain'

[chain.n.09] as in: a linked or connected series of objects

Examples:
a chain of daisies

'chain'

[chain.n.10] as in: a necklace made by a stringing objects together

Examples:
a string of beads
a strand of pearls

'chain'

[chain.v.01] as in: connect or arrange into a chain by linking

'chain'

[chain.v.02] as in: fasten or secure with chains

Examples:
Chain the chairs together

Origins

					chain (English)
└── chaine (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── chaine (Old French (842-ca. 1400))