Chain (disambiguation)
Chain denotes:
- Chain generally as a physical structure
- Chain (technology) , a mechanical structure for power transmission with movable links
- Chain (jewelry) , a piece of jewelry
- Chain (heraldry) , a common figure in heraldry
- Chain (aviation) , a formation of three combat aircraft
- Nobility chain , secret aristocratic corporation during the Congress of Vienna
- Chain of office, insignia worn by mayors and university rectors on special occasions
- Anal chain, a sex toy, see vaginal balls # anal chains, _Analperlen, _anal beads
- Bicycle chain , the looping component of a chain drive on the means of transport "bicycle"
- Crawler , a drive of tracked vehicles
- Port chain , historical barrier
- In weaving technology, the thread system stretched in the longitudinal direction, see warp thread
- a measure of length, see - also for the German-speaking countries - chain
- Retail chain (company) , colloquial term
- a family of partridge in the hunter language, see partridge
- a shipyard of the company Ketten , see shipyard Übigau
- Security chain , the entirety of the relevant security links
- Mountain range , mountain structure
- Linear chain , simple dynamic model of a crystal lattice in solid state physics
In mathematics :
- A mathematical object of function theory, see chain (function theory)
- in homological algebra an n-chain , see chain complex
- a totally ordered subset, see order relation
Chain is the family name of the following people:
- Dragotin chain (1876–1899), Slovenian poet
- Josefinekette (1793 – after 1822), German opera singer (soprano)
- Wilhelm Friedrich Moritzkette (1825–1890), manor owner and member of the German Reichstag
See also:
Wiktionary: chain - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wikiquote: Chain - Quotes
- The chain
- Warp
- Chains
- Kete
- Concatenation
- List of all Wikipedia articles whose title begins with a chain
- List of all Wikipedia articles whose title contains chain
