What (who) is chains - definition
SERIES OF CONNECTED LINKS WHICH ARE TYPICALLY MADE OF METAL
Chains; Chain gaurd; Link chain; User:Mortice/Chain; Link (chain); 🔗; Endless chain; Links in a chain
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chains
n. pl.
Fetters, bonds, irons, shackles, manacles, bondage, captivity, thraldom, durance, duress, prison, constraint.
chains
a structure projecting horizontally from a sailing ship's sides abreast of the masts, used to widen the basis for the shrouds.
Chains (1949 film)
1950 FILM BY RAFFAELLO MATARAZZO
Catene (1949 film); Chains (1949 film)
Catene (internationally released as Chains) is a 1949 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It had an impressive commercial success, being seen by 6 million people, one in eight Italians of the time, and was followed by a series of six other successful films directed by Matarazzo and featuring the couple Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne Sanson.
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Chain
A chain is a serial assembly of connected pieces, called links, typically made of metal, with an overall character similar to that of a rope in that it is flexible and curved in compression but linear, rigid, and load-bearing in tension. A chain may consist of two or more links. Chains can be classified by their design, which can be dictated by their use:
- Those designed for lifting, such as when used with a hoist; for pulling; or for securing, such as with a bicycle lock, have links that are torus shaped, which make the chain flexible in two dimensions (the fixed third dimension being a chain's length). Small chains serving as jewellery are a mostly decorative analogue of such types.
- Those designed for transferring power in machines have links designed to mesh with the teeth of the sprockets of the machine, and are flexible in only one dimension. They are known as roller chains, though there are also non-roller chains such as block chains.
Two distinct chains can be connected using a quick link, carabiner, shackle, or clevis. Load can be transferred from a chain to another object by a chain stopper.
Pronunciation examples for chains
1. chains.
Radical Innovation for Greater Social Good _ Ann Mei Chang _ Talks at Google
2. chains.
Condoleezza Rice _ Talks at Google
3. strings become chains; chains network.
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4. chains.
From Silicon Valley to Swaziland _ Rick Walleigh + More _ Talks at Google
5. chains.
HIV Research & Vaccines _ Pamela Bjorkman _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of chains
1. "The survey did find a discrepancy between independent chains, like YMCAs and community centers, and the big chains.
2. In Europe we also see that the discount chains, other supermarket chains and manufacturers have all been losing recently.
3. They put chains around our waists and cuffed our hands to the chains and then cuffed our ankles, too.
4. Gradually, national chains edged out local businesses.
5. The country‘s largest retail electronics chains currently control less than 50 percent of the market, with the rest accounted for by stand–alone shops and small chains.