1.Definition: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

Category: General

2.Definition: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

Category: Objects

3.Definition: a linked or connected series of objects

"A chain of daisies"

Category: Objects

4.Definition: a necklace made by stringing objects together

Related Noun(s):strand

Category: Objects

5.Definition: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

Category: Objects

6.Definition: a series of hills or mountains

Related Noun(s):range

Category: Objects

7.Definition: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

"The chain of command", "A complicated concatenation of circumstances"

Related Noun(s):concatenation

Category: General

8.Definition: a unit of length

Category: General

9.Definition: anything that acts as a restraint

Category: Objects

10.Definition: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

Related Noun(s):ernst boris chain, sir ernst boris chain

Category: People