Chain (disambiguation)

A chain is a series of connected links which are typically made of metal.

Chain may also refer to:

Accessories and apparel
  • Chain mail, a type of armor made of interlocking chain links
  • Necklace or neck chain, a type of jewelry which is worn around the neck

Places

People with the name
  • Ernst Chain (1906–1979), Nobel Prize-winning chemist famed for his isolation of penicillin
  • John T. Chain, Jr., (born 1934) retired U.S. Air Force general

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films and television

Literature
  • Chains, a 2008, historical fiction book by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Chains (play), a 1909 play by Elizabeth Baker

Music
  • Chain (band), an Australian blues rock band active from the 1960s to the present

Albums

Songs

Business and economics

Mathematics
  • Chain (poset), a set paired with a total order, it usually refers to a totally ordered subset of some partially ordered set
  • Chain (algebraic topology), a formal linear combination of k-simplices
  • Chain complex, a generalization of the algebraic topology construct to homological algebra
  • Chain rule, a tool for differentiation in calculus
  • Chain sequence, numbers in the mathematical study of continued fractions
  • Conway chained arrow notation, a way of expressing exponents using arrows
  • Jordan chain, a sequence of linearly independent generalized eigenvectors of descending rank
  • Markov chain, a discrete-time stochastic process with the Markov property
  • Pseudo-arc, which has at its heart the concept of a chain

Mechanics, engineering, and implements
  • Bar-link chain (block chain), a mechanical drive chain
  • Bicycle chain, a roller chain that transfers power from the pedals to the drive-wheel of a bicycle
  • Buffers and chain coupler, a railway device
  • Catenary (or "chain"), the shape of a hanging flexible cable when supported at its ends and acted upon by a uniform gravitational force
  • Chain Home and Chain Home Low, an early British RDF (radar) systems of the WWII era
  • Chain tool, a small mechanical device used to "break" a bicycle chain in such a way that it could be mended with the same tool
  • Conveyor chain, a chain that conveys items in chain conveyor systems
  • Drive chain, a way of transmitting mechanical power from one place to another
  • Roller chain, a most commonly used for transmission of mechanical power
  • Self-lubricating chain, to eliminate the need for further lubrication
  • Snow chains or tire chains, devices fitted to the tires of vehicles to provide maximum traction
  • Timing chain, part of an internal combustion engine

Science

Chemistry
  • Chain reaction, a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions
  • Ideal chain, a mathematical model of polymer folding
  • Polymer chain, structure of a polymer
  • Worm-like chain (or semiflexible chain), a model in polymer physics used to describe the behavior of semi-flexible polymers

Other uses in science
  • Electron transport chain, a sequence of chemical reactions yielding the transport of an electron through a membrane
  • Food chain, a hierarchical or recursive list of predators and prey

Sequences

Geological features

Other sequences

Units of measurement

Other uses
  • Chain (caste), a cultivating and fishing caste found in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Chains (nautical), small platforms on the sides of ships
  • Fetter (Buddhism) (mental chain), a deeply rooted mental attachment preventing one from achieving liberation from suffering

See also
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