chain reaction
chain reaction noun: a chemical reaction where the products of the reaction influence the reactants of a following reaction, leading to positive feedback.
Noun
chain reaction (plural chain reactions)
- A chemical reaction where the products of the reaction influence the reactants of a following reaction, leading to positive feedback.
- polymerase chain reaction
- A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.
- The Manhattan Project produced the first recorded controlled chain reaction.
- A series of events, each one causing or influencing the next.
- You need the evening action / A place to dine, a glass of wine, a little late romance / It's a chain reaction / You'll see the people of the world coming out to dance1980, George Benson, “Give Me the Night (song)”, in Give Me the Night (album)
- That is, systemic risk is the risk of a chain reaction of falling interconnected dominos.2010, Robert W. Kolb, Lessons from the Financial Crisis, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN
chain reaction meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
chain reaction in Hindi
- type of nuclear reaction
- शृंखला अभिक्रिया śŕṅkhlā abhikriyā
chain reaction in Tamil
- தொடர் விளைவு, தொடர்வினை, சங்கிலித்தாக்கம், சங்கிலித்தொடர் வினை, தொடர் வினை, தொடர் விணை
chain reaction in Bengali
- type of nuclear reaction
- ধারাবাহিক প্রক্রিয়া dharabahik prokriẏa
chain reaction in Kannada
- type of nuclear reaction
- ಸರಣಿ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ saraṇi kriye, ಸಾಲುಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ sālupratikriye, ಸರಣಿಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ saraṇipratikriye, ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯಾಶ್ರೇಣಿ prakriyāśrēṇi
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- chain reaction in Tagalog
- patanikalang tambisa
- chain reaction in Arabic
- تَفَاعُل مُتَسَلْسِل tafāʕul mutasalsil
- chain reaction in Malay
- tindak balas berantai, reaksi berantai
- chain reaction in Indonesian
- reaksi berantai
- chain reaction in Persian
- واکنش زنجیرهای
- chain reaction in Vietnamese
- phản ứng dây chuyền
Forms of chain reaction
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Words formed from chain reaction
Questions about chain reaction
- What does chain reaction mean?
- Chain reaction means a chemical reaction where the products of the reaction influence the reactants of a following reaction, leading to positive feedback.
- What is chain reaction in Hindi?
- Chain reaction in Hindi is शृंखला अभिक्रिया (śŕṅkhlā abhikriyā). See Chain reaction meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chain reaction?
- Chain reaction is a noun.
- What is the plural of chain reaction?
- The plural of chain reaction is chain reactions.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chain reaction (page history and authors); chain reaction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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