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chain
English
Etymology
From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin cat?na (“chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”). Doublet of catena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??e?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
chain (plural chains)
- A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
- A series of interconnected things.
- A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
- (chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
- (surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
- (surveying) A long measuring tape.
- 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.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter X, p. 177, [1]
- "But it's too far—must be a quarter of a mile—and I've a portmanteau to carry." […]
- "Garn!" shouted the guard. "Taint ten chain. […] "
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter X, p. 177, [1]
- (mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
- 2003, Jeremy P. Spinrad, Efficient Graph Representations, American Mathematical Society, page 108,
- We first find an approximation of the chain partition, i.e. a small but not minimum size set of chains which cover all elements of the poset.
- 2003, Jeremy P. Spinrad, Efficient Graph Representations, American Mathematical Society, page 108,
- (Britain) 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).
- That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
- (nautical, in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
- (weaving) The warp threads of a web.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (series of interconnected rings or links): rackle
- (series of interconnected things): See also Thesaurus:sequence
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
chain (third-person singular simple present chains, present participle chaining, simple past and past participle chained)
- (transitive) To fasten something with a chain.
- (figuratively) To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings}}
- (intransitive) To link multiple items together.
- (transitive) To secure someone with fetters.
- (transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
- (figuratively) To obligate.
- (computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
- (computing) To be chained to another data item.
- (transitive) To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
- (transitive, computing, rare, associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).
- 1996, "Mr D Walsh", Running two programs from a batch file (on newsgroup comp.sys.acorn.misc)
- How do you get one program to chain another? I want to run DrawWorks2 then !Draw but as soon as you run Drawworks2 it finishes the batch file and doesn't go on to the next instruction! Is there a way without loading one of these automatic loaders?
- 1998, "Juan Flynn", BBC software transmitted on TV - how to load? (on newsgroup comp.sys.acorn.misc)
- You can do LOAD "" or CHAIN "" to load or chain the next program if I remember correctly (it's been a loooong time since I've used a tape on an Acorn!)
- 2006, "Richard Porter", SpamStamp double headers (on newsgroup comp.sys.acorn.apps)
- Recent versions of AntiSpam no longer use the Config file but have a Settings file instead, so when I updated the Config file to chain SpamStamp it had no effect as it was a redundant file.
- 1996, "Mr D Walsh", Running two programs from a batch file (on newsgroup comp.sys.acorn.misc)
Derived terms
- unchain
- chain up
Translations
References
- chain in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- chain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Further reading
- chain on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- Anich, Chian, China, china
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ai?n/
Adjective
chain
- Aspirate mutation of cain.
Mutation
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tier
English
Etymology 1
tie +? -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: t?'?(r), IPA(key): /?ta?.?(?)/
- (US) enPR: t?'?r, IPA(key): /?ta?.?/
- Hyphenation: tier
- Homophones: tire, tyre
Noun
tier (plural tiers)
- One who ties (knots, etc).
- Something that ties.
- (archaic) A child's apron.
Etymology 2
From Middle French tier, from Old French tire (“rank, sequence, order, kind”), probably from tirer (“to draw, draw out”). Alternatively, from a Germanic source related to Middle English tir (“honour, glory, power, rule”), Old English t?r (“glory, honour, fame”), German Zier (“adornment, ornament, decoration”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tî, IPA(key): /?t??/
- (US) enPR: tîr, IPA(key): /?t??/
- Hyphenation: tier
- Homophones: tear (as in droplet from one's eye)
Noun
tier (plural tiers)
- A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
tier (third-person singular simple present tiers, present participle tiering, simple past and past participle tiered)
- (transitive) To arrange in layers.
- (transitive) To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
- (transitive, computing) To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.
References
- Tier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- REIT, Teri, iter, iter., reit, rite, tire, trie
Afrikaans
Etymology
From a dialectal form or pronunciation of Dutch tijger, from Middle Dutch tiger.
Noun
tier (plural tiere or tiers)
- tiger
- leopard
- Synonyms: bergtier, luiperd
Danish
Etymology 1
From ti (“ten”) +? er
Alternative forms
- 10'er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ti???r/, [?t?i??]
Noun
tier c (singular definite tieren, plural indefinite tiere)
- ten (the card between the nine and jack in a given suit)
- ten (a monetary denomination worth ten units)
- number ten (a person or a thing defined by the number ten, e.g. a bus-line)
- (in the plural) tens (the second decade of a century, like the 1910s or 2010s)
Inflection
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ti??r/, [?t?i??]
- Homophone: tiger
Verb
tier
- present tense of tie
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ir
Verb
tier
- first-person singular present indicative of tieren
- imperative of tieren
Anagrams
- riet
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
tier m (definite singular tieren, indefinite plural tiere, definite plural tierne)
- a ten kroner coin, worth about £1 in Britain.
- something or someone that has the number ten (ti)
Verb
tier
- present of tie
References
- “tier” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Romansch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Tier.
Noun
tier m (plural tiers)
- (Sursilvan) animal
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) animal
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) biestg
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) bestga
- (Sursilvan) bestia
- (Puter, Vallader) bes-cha
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