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Definition of chain reaction



Overview of noun chain_reaction

The noun chain reaction has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) chain reaction

(a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next)

2. chain reaction

(a self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others)