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daisy-chained

daisy-chained is the simple past and past participle of daisy-chain.

Meaning of daisy-chain

Verb

daisy-chain (third-person singular simple present daisy-chains, present participle daisy-chaining, simple past and past participle daisy-chained)

  1. (transitive) To artificially increase (the price of a commodity; originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) by a group of dealers buying and selling it among themselves before it is sold to a party outside the group.
  2. (transitive) To connect (several computer devices or peripherals, or other components) in sequence with each other, usually such that the output of one component forms the input of another; also (followed by to), to connect (a computer device, peripheral, or other component) to another component in such a sequence.
    • We daisy-chained several USB hubs to see if we could reach the far side of the room.
  3. (intransitive) Of people, animals, etc.: to position in a line and move like a chain.
  4. (intransitive) To artificially increase the price of a commodity (originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) by a group of dealers buying and selling it among themselves before it is sold to a party outside the group.
  5. (intransitive) Especially of a computer device, peripheral, or other component: to be capable of being connected with other components in sequence.
    • These peripherals are designed to daisy-chain easily with each other.

Questions about daisy-chained

What is daisy-chained the simple past and past participle of?
Daisy-chained is the simple past and past participle of daisy-chain.

Words near daisy-chained in the dictionary

  1. daisy wheel
  2. daisy wheel printer
  3. daisy wheel printers
  4. daisy wheels
  5. daisy-chain
  6. daisy-chained
  7. daisy-chaining
  8. daisy-chains
  9. daisy-cutter
  10. daisy-cutters
  11. daisy-cutting

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