Definition of Chaining

1. Verb. (present participle of chain) ¹

2. Noun. The act or process by which something is chained. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chaining

1. chain [v] - See also: chain

Medical Definition of Chaining

1. Learning related behaviours in a series in which each response serves as a stimulus for the next response. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaining

chain tower
chain towers
chain up
chain wrench
chainage
chainages
chaincase
chaincases
chaine
chained
chaines
chainfall
chainfalls
chaingun
chainguns
chaining (current term)
chainings
chainless
chainlet
chainlets
chainlike
chainlink fence
chainmail
chainman
chainmen
chainplate
chainplates
chainring
chainrings
chains

Literary usage of Chaining

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plane Surveying: A Text-book and Pocket Manual by John Clayton Tracy (1907)
"chaining. A term which originally meant measuring with a chain, ... Importance of chaining. Linear measurement is the basis of all surveying. ..."

2. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1889)
"As the chaining goes on, the surveyor notes the distances from the commencement ... 111 chaining up or down a slope, the distance actually measured must be ..."

3. The Elements of Railroad Engineering by William Galt Raymond (1913)
"chaining. — The chaining should be well done, much better than is usual, in order that time may be saved on the following location. ..."

4. Scholarly Work in the Humanities and the Evolving Information Environment by William S. Brockman (2001)
"chaining to Enable Reading Humanities scholars establish a context for their ... The literature on footnote chaining by humanities scholars largely fails to ..."

5. A Manual of Field and Office Methods for the Use of Students in Surveying by William David Pence, Milo Smith Ketchum (1901)
"DISCUSSION OF ERRORS OF chaining. (a) Equipment.—'(No instrumental equipment, unless further data are desired, in which case Problems A6, A7 and A8 may be ..."

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