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Definition of Chain reaction

1. Noun. A series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next.

2. Noun. A self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others.

Definition of Chain reaction

1. Noun. (physics) A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic) A series of events, each one causing the next. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Chain reaction

1. A reaction in which a product reacts and thus continues the reaction. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chain Reaction

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Literary usage of Chain reaction

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

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Each set offa chain reaction in neighboring communities —Report of the National Advisory ... The Kerner Commission report quoted above used chain reaction ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"If this reaction is not a chain reaction, aniline will absorb theoretically 1 mol ... If the above assumption is contradicted, a long kinetic chain reaction ..."

3. U. S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's edited by Christopher Cox (1999)
"As the fissile material is compressed into a smaller volume, the pit becomes supercritical and is able to sustain a neutron-producing chain reaction. £•*? ..."

4. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb by F. G. Gosling (1999)
"This finding was important, for it meant that a chain reaction using the ... Fermi continued to try to achieve a chain reaction using large amounts of ..."

5. The Human body by Henry Newell Martin (1898)
"chain reaction by one series with eyes shut, other series looking on. c) ... To record roughly the time of a single reaction or of a chain reaction, ..."

6. Graphical Determination of Forces in Engineering Structures by James B. Chalmers (1881)
"Then the extreme rays of the chain reaction cord polygon are AR, BR, and drawing 0(A, I) in the force polygon parallel to AR, then A on the line of weights ..."

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