Megachain vs. Chain

Megachain vs. Chain — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Megachain and Chain

Megachainnoun

A very large and successful chain (group of stores or businesses).

Chainnoun

A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.

He wore a gold chain around the neck.

Chainnoun

A series of interconnected things.

a chain of mountainsa chain of ideas, one leading to the nextThis led to an unfortunate chain of events.

Chainnoun

A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.

That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town.

Chainnoun

(chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.

When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen.

Chainnoun

(surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.

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Chainnoun

(surveying) A long measuring tape.

Chainnoun

A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.

Chainnoun

A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.

Chainnoun

(British) 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).

Chainnoun

That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.

the chains of habit

Chainnoun

Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.

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Chainnoun

(weaving) The warp threads of a web.

Chainverb

(transitive) To fasten something with a chain.

Chainverb

(intransitive) To link multiple items together.

Chainverb

(transitive) To secure someone with fetters.

Chainverb

(transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.

Chainverb

(figurative) To obligate.

Chainverb

(computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers.

Chainverb

(computing) To be chained to another data item.

Chainverb

(transitive) To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.

Chainverb

}} To load and automatically run (a program).

Chainnoun

a series of things depending on each other as if linked together;

the chain of commanda complicated concatenation of circumstances

Chainnoun

(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

Chainnoun

a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

Chainnoun

a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

Chainnoun

anything that acts as a restraint

Chainnoun

a unit of length

Chainnoun

British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

Chainnoun

a series of hills or mountains;

the valley was between two ranges of hillsthe plains lay just beyond the mountain range

Chainnoun

metal shackles; for hands or legs

Chainnoun

a necklace made by a stringing objects together;

a string of beadsa strand of pearls

Chainverb

connect or arrange into a chain by linking

Chainverb

fasten or secure with chains;

Chain the chairs together