Brequet chain () A watch-guard. |
Chain (n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. |
Chain (n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain |
Chain (n.) A series of things linked together |
Chain (n.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. |
Chain (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds |
Chain (n.) The warp threads of a web. |
Chain (v. t.) To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain |
Chain (v. t.) To keep in slavery |
Chain (v. t.) To unite closely and strongly. |
Chain (v. t.) To measure with the chain. |
Chain (v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor. |
Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge. |
Chain stitch () An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain |
Chain stitch () A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work |
Chain wheel () A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. |
Chain wheel () An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. |
Gunter's chain () The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale. |
Link (n.) A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. |
Link (n.) A single ring or division of a chain. |
Link (n.) Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things |
Link (n.) Anything doubled and closed like a link |
Link (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained. |
Link (n.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end |
Link (n.) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4. |
Link (n.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms |
Link (n.) Sausages |
Link (v. t.) To connect or unite with a link or as with a link |
Link (v. i.) To be connected. |
Link motion () A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will |
Open (a.) Free of access |
Open (a.) Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like |
Open (a.) Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view |
Open (a.) Not drawn together, closed, or contracted |
Open (a.) Without reserve or false pretense |
Open (a.) Not concealed or secret |
Open (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc. |
Open (a.) Not settled or adjusted |
Open (a.) Free |
Open (a.) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs |
Open (a.) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure, as in uttering s. |
Open (a.) Not closed or stopped with the finger |
Open (a.) Produced by an open string |
Open (n.) Open or unobstructed space |
Open (v. t.) To make or set open |
Open (v. t.) To spread |
Open (v. t.) To disclose |
Open (v. t.) To make known |
Open (v. t.) To enter upon |
Open (v. t.) To loosen or make less compact |
open sesame | any very successful means of achieving a result |
open primary | a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party) |
open frame break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
chain pickerel chain pike Esox niger | common in quiet waters of eastern United States |
anchor chain anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
atomic pile atomic reactor pile chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
ball and chain | heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain |
bicycle chain | a chain that transmits the power from the pedals to the rear wheel of a bicycle |
booster booster amplifier booster station relay link relay station relay transmitter | an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal |
chain | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament |
chain string strand | a necklace made by a stringing objects together, a string of beads, a strand of pearls, |
chain | anything that acts as a restraint |
chain | a linked or connected series of objects, a chain of daisies |
chain mail ring mail mail chain armor chain armour ring armor ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
chain printer | an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain |
chain saw chainsaw | portable power saw, teeth linked to form an endless chain |
chain stitch | a looped stitch resembling the links of a chain, used in embroidery and in sewing |
chain stitch | the most basic of all crochet stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop |
chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
chain tongs | a pipe wrench used for turning large pipes, an adjustable chain circles the pipe with its ends connected to the head whose teeth engage the pipe |
chain wrench | another name for chain tongs |
daisy chain | flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems, worn by students on class day at some schools |
fireplace hearth open fireplace | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built, the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it, he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it, the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires |
flower chain | flowers strung together in a chain |
fob watch chain watch guard | short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest |
irons chains | metal shackles, for hands or legs |
link linkup tie tie-in | a fastener that serves to join or connect, the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction |
link data link | an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data |
Link trainer | an early form of flight simulator |
open-air market open-air marketplace market square | a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold |
open circuit | an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows |
open-end wrench tappet wrench | a wrench having parallel jaws at fixed separation (often on both ends of the handle) |
open-hearth furnace | a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it |
open sight | rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope |
open weave | a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric |
paper chain | a chain made of loops of colored paper, used to decorate a room |
pull chain | a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet) |
radio link link | a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave), part of a more extensive telecommunication network |
remote terminal link-attached terminal remote station link-attached station | a terminal connected to a computer by a data link |
tire chain snow chain | chain attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow |
open door | freedom of access, he maintained an open door for all employees |
open surface | information that has become public, all the reports were out in the open, the facts had been brought to the surface |
open interval unbounded interval | an interval that does not include its endpoints |
liaison link contact inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
open account | an unpaid credit order |
link | (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list |
open letter | a letter of protest, addressed to one person but intended for the general public |
chain letter | a letter that is sent successively to several people |
open-door policy open door | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |