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A chain is a series of connected links which are typically made of metal.

Chain may also refer to:

Accessories and apparel

  • Chain mail, a type of armor made of interlocking chain links
  • Neck chain (or necklace), a type of jewelry which is worn around the neck

Places

People with the name

  • Ernst Chain (1906–1979), Nobel Prize-winning chemist famed for his isolation of penicillin
  • John T. Chain Jr. (1934–2021), retired U.S. Air Force general

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films and television

Literature

Music

  • Chain (band), an Australian blues rock band active from the 1960s to the present

Albums

Songs

Business and economics

Mathematics

Mechanics, engineering, and implements

  • Bar-link chain (or block chain), a mechanical drive chain
  • Bicycle chain, a roller chain that transfers power from the pedals to the drive-wheel of a bicycle
  • Buffers and chain coupler, a railway device
  • Catenary (or chain), the shape of a hanging flexible cable when supported at its ends and acted upon by a uniform gravitational force
  • Chain Home and Chain Home Low, early British RDF (radar) systems of the WWII era
  • Chain tool, a small mechanical device used to "break" a bicycle chain in such a way that it could be mended with the same tool
  • Conveyor chain, a chain that conveys items in chain conveyor systems
  • Drive chain, a way of transmitting mechanical power from one place to another
  • Print chain on a chain printer
  • Roller chain, most commonly used for transmission of mechanical power
  • Self-lubricating chain, to eliminate the need for further lubrication
  • Snow chains or tire chains, devices fitted to the tires of vehicles to provide maximum traction
  • Timing chain, part of an internal combustion engine

Science

Chemistry

  • Catenation, the bonding of atoms of the same element in a series, or chain
  • Chain reaction, a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions
  • Ideal chain, a mathematical model of polymer folding
  • Worm-like chain, a model in polymer physics used to describe the behavior of semi-flexible polymers

Other uses in science

  • Electron transport chain, a sequence of chemical reactions yielding the transport of an electron through a membrane
  • Food chain, a hierarchical or recursive list of predators and prey

Sequences

Geological features

Other sequences

  • Chain bridge, type of suspension bridge
  • Chain crew, crew that manages signal poles in gridiron football
  • Chain gang, group of prisoners chained together as a form of punishment
  • Chain letter, a message that attempts to induce the recipient to make a number of copies of the message and then pass them on to one or more new recipients
  • Chain of events, a number of actions and their effects that are linked together
  • Chain smoking, practice of smoking several cigarettes/cigars in succession
  • Chain stitch, in sewing and embroidery, a series of looped stitches that form a chain
  • Chaining, a technique from applied behavioral analysis for teaching complicated tasks by breaking them into simpler steps
  • Hudson River Chains, one of several chains used in blockades of the Hudson River
  • Human chain (politics), a form of protest
  • Signifying chain, in semiotics, an interlocking system of signifiers

Measurement

Other uses

  • Chain (caste), a cultivating and fishing caste found in India
  • Chains (nautical), small platforms on the sides of ships
  • Fetter (Buddhism) (mental chain), a deeply rooted mental attachment preventing one from achieving liberation from suffering

See also

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