Chain (disambiguation)

In most meanings chain is a sequence of connected links of some kind.

Chain may refer to:

A physical, literal chain
Chain (length), unit of length
Chain Home and Chain Home Low, early British RDF (US radar) systems of the WWII era
Gunter's chain, a unit of measurement
Chain tool, small mechanical device used to "break" a bicycle chain in such a way that it could be mended with the same tool
Mail (armour) (or "chainmail"), a type of armor made of interlocking chain links
Catenary (or "chain"), the shape of a hanging flexible cable when supported at its ends and acted upon by a uniform gravitational force
Chain (real estate), whereby a group of buyers/sellers are linked together
Fetter (Buddhism), a deeply rooted mental attachment preventing one from achieving liberation from suffering
Chaining, a technique from applied behavioral analysis for teaching complicated tasks by breaking them into simpler steps
Necklace - a jewelry which is worn around the neck

In management:

Chain store#Business chains, a network of physical business locations
Chain store#Restaurant chains, set of related restaurants
Hotels#Hotel chains, group of branded hotels managed together under a business arrangement known as franchising or operated by a single company

Chain of command, the line of authority and responsibility along which orders are passed
Supply chain, coordinated system of organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer
Cold chain, temperature-controlled supply chain
Value chain, a management concept first described by Michael Porter

In mathematics:

Chain (algebraic topology), formal linear combination of k-simplices
Chain complex, a generalization of the algebraic topology construct to homological algebra
Total order#Chains, a set paired with a total order, it usually refers to a totally ordered subset of some partially ordered set
Markov chain, discrete-time stochastic process with the Markov property
Pseudo-arc, which has at its heart the concept of a chain
Chain rule, a tool for differentiation in calculus

In chemistry:

Chain reaction, sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions
Ideal chain, mathematical model of polymer folding
Worm-like chain (or semiflexible chain), which has Kuhn length equal to twice the persistence length

In biochemistry:

Electron transport chain, a sequence of chemical reactions yielding the transport of an electron through a membrane

In biology:

In economics:

Chained dollars, used to express real dollar amounts adjusted over time for inflation

Names involving chain or chains:

Chain Bridge (Washington, D.C.), bridge across the Potomac River at the Little Falls in Washington, D.C.
Széchenyi Chain Bridge, suspension bridge that spans River Danube between Buda and Pest
Union Bridge (Tweed) (or "Chain Bridge"), bridge in Northumberland
John Chain, a retired U.S. Air Force general
"Chains", a 1994 UK top-ten single by Tina Arena from her album Don't Ask
Alice in Chains, an influential rock group that was formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington
Chain (band), an Australian blues rock band active from the 1960s to the present
Bat Chain Puller, the tenth album by Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
Bat Chain Puller, a collection of works by Kurt Loder for Rolling Stone
"Chains" (song), a song performed by the Beatles
"Chains" (Tina Arena song), a song on Tina Arena's 1994 album Don't Ask
"Chains" (Patty Loveless song), a 1990 country song
Chains of Love, a song by Terry Ronald
"Chains" (Blackadder), an episode of the British sitcom Blackadder II
Chains (play), a 1909 play by Elizabeth Baker
Ernst Boris Chain, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist famed for his isolation of penicillin
Chains (geological site) a geological site on the north-west plateau of Exmoor, Somerset, England
Chains (film), a short film starring TNA wrestler Kurt Angle
Chain, an opponent in the video game Yie Ar Kung-Fu

See also