chain

Signification (Anglais)

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 Gunter's surveying chain; 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.

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).

Concepts

chaîne

chaine

enchaîner

enchaînement

suite

fers

ficelle

cordillère

succession

chaînes

entraves

enchaînez

enchaînons

chaînette

lacet

lien

longe

entrave

chenille

attacher

chaîner

filière

chaine de montagnes

massif

attelles

chaïnes

repasse

bourriche

maillon de liaison

panier d’osier

séquence

série

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃeɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”). Doublet of catena.