Engelsk navneord: chain | |||
1. | chain (om gruppe) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The chain of command. A complicated concatenation of circumstances. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | concatenation | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | series | ||
Mere specifikke termer | catena, daisy chain | ||
2. | chain (om ting) (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | chemical chain | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | building block, unit | ||
Mere specifikke termer | closed chain, long chain, long-chain molecule, open chain, ring | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | molecule | ||
Overordnet emneområde | chemical science, chemistry | ||
3. | chain (om genstand) a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | ligament | ||
Mere specifikke termer | anchor chain, anchor rope, bicycle chain, chatelaine, fob, paper chain, pull chain, snow chain, tire chain, watch chain, watch guard | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | bicycle, bike, chain printer, chain tongs, cycle, wheel | ||
4. | chain (om gruppe) (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern | ||
Mere specifikke termer | apparel chain, discount chain, restaurant chain, retail chain | ||
Tilhører disse specifikke termer | chain store | ||
Overordnet emneområde | business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise | ||
5. | chain (om genstand) anything that acts as a restraint | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | constraint, restraint | ||
6. | chain (om mængde el. mål) a unit of length | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | linear measure, linear unit | ||
Mere specifikke termer | engineer's chain, Gunter's chain, nautical chain | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | link, pace, yard | ||
7. | Chain (om person) British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | biochemist | ||
8. | chain (om ting) a series of hills or mountains | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The valley was between two ranges of hills. The plains lay just beyond the mountain range. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | formation, geological formation | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Adirondack Mountains, Adirondacks, Admiralty Range, Alaska Range, Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains, Alps, Altai Mountains, Altay Mountains, Andes, Apennines, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians, Atlas Mountains, Australian Alps, Balkan Mountain Range, Balkan Mountains, Balkans, Berkshire Hills, Berkshires, Black Hills, Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains, Cantabrian Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians, Cascade Mountains, Cascade Range, Cascades, Catskill Mountains, Catskills, Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains, Coast Mountains, Coast Range, Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau, Dolomite Alps, Eastern Highlands, Great Dividing Range, Great Smoky Mountains, Green Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains, High Sierra, Himalaya, Himalaya Mountains, Himalayas, Hindu Kush, Hindu Kush Mountains, Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains, Kunlan Shan, Kunlun, Kunlun Mountains, Mesabi Range, Mount Carmel, Mustagh, Mustagh Range, Nan Ling, Ozark Mountains, Ozark Plateau, Ozarks, Pamir Mountains, Pyrenees, Rhodope Mountains, Rockies, Rocky Mountains, Sacramento Mountains, San Juan Mountains, Sayan Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, sierra, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, St. Elias Mountains, St. Elias Range, Taconic Mountains, Teton Range, the Alps, the Pamirs, Tien Shan, Transylvanian Alps, Tyan Shan, Tyrolean Alps, Ural Mountains, Urals | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | massif, mountain pass, notch, pass | ||
9. | chain (om genstand) a linked or connected series of objects | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A chain of daisies. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | necklace | ||
10. | chain (om genstand) a necklace made by a stringing objects together | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A string of beads. A strand of pearls. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | strand, string | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | necklace | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: chain | |||
1. | chain (om relation) connect or arrange into a chain by linking | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | arrange, set up | ||
Mere specifikke termer | concatenate | ||
2. | chain (om relation) fasten or secure with chains | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Chain the chairs together. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | fasten, fix, secure | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | unchain | ||