Found 3 items, similar to Chaining.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: chain kongsi, rantai
English → English (WordNet) Definition: chain chain n 1: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; “the chain of command”; “a complicated concatenation of circumstances” [syn: concatenation] 2: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) [syn: chemical chain] 3: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament 4: a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership 5: anything that acts as a restraint 6: a unit of length 7: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) [syn: Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain] 8: a series of hills or mountains; “the valley was between two ranges of hills”; “the plains lay just beyond the mountain range” [syn: range, mountain range, range of mountains , mountain chain, chain of mountains] 9: metal shackles; for hands or legs [syn: iron, irons, chains] 10: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; “a string of beads”; “a strand of pearls”; [syn: string, strand] chain v 1: connect or arrange into a chain by linking 2: fasten or secure with chains; “Chain the chairs together” [ant: unchain]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Chaining Chain \Chain\, v. t. [imp. p. p. Chained (ch[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Chaining.] 1. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog. [1913 Webster] Chained behind the hostile car. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To keep in slavery; to enslave. [1913 Webster] And which more blest? who chained his country, say Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To unite closely and strongly. [1913 Webster] And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Surveying) To measure with the chain. [1913 Webster] 5. To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor. [1913 Webster]