Chain-pump
a pump consisting of buckets, plates, or the like, rising upon a chain within a cylinder for raising liquids entering the cylinder at the bottom.
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noun a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
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to undergo or produce a chain reaction: Riots chain-reacted from one area to another in the city. verb (intransitive) to undergo a chain reaction
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reactor (def 4).
- Chain-reactor
reactor (def 4).
- Chain-reaction
Physics. a self-sustaining reaction in which the fission of nuclei of one generation of nuclei produces particles that cause the fission of at least an equal number of nuclei of the succeeding generation. Chemistry. a reaction that results in a product necessary for the continuance of the reaction. a series of events in which each […]