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词汇 chain-reaction
释义 chain reaction
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌtʃeɪn riˈæk.ʃən/ us /ˌtʃeɪn riˈæk.ʃən/
a set of related events in which each event causes the next one, or a chemical reaction in which each change causes another: 连锁反应,链式反应
The war risked setting off a perilous chain reaction that would endanger the whole world.这场战争可能会引发危险的连锁反应,从而威胁到全世界的安全。
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chain reaction | American Dictionary


chain reaction
noun[ C ]
us/ˈtʃeɪn riˈæk·ʃən/

chain reactionnoun[C] (SERIES OF EVENTS)


a set of related events in which each event causes the next one:
The accident caused a chain reaction in which seven trucks piled up on the bridge.

chain reactionnoun[C] (NUCLEAR REACTION)


a series of nuclear reactions in which neutrons (= part of an atom) released by fission (= the dividing of an atom) go on to cause more fission

Examples of chain reaction


chain reaction
Following isolation, we used polymerase chainreaction in order to generate strain specific banding profiles of legionella isolates.
Experimental infections of rabbits with rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus monitored by polymerase chainreaction.
Plasmodium falciparum : a simple polymerase chainreaction method for differentiating strains.
The great technical problem of such a system is the critical mass of a fission chainreaction, making it difficult to miniaturize a fission explosion.
Thus, typically of a chainreaction, either interstellar panspermia has proceeded to completion or it has not taken place at all.
Following polymerase chainreaction amplification, the product was separated via electrophoresis on 1% agarose gel containing ethidium bromide.
We posit that conduct problems interfere with this development of competencies, thus causing a developmental chainreaction of failures.
The role of environmental contamination with small round structured viruses in a hospital outbreak investigated by reversetranscriptase polymerase chainreaction assay.
Rapid detection and typing of circulating mumps virus by reverse transcription/polymerase chainreaction.
Routine detection of herpes simplex virus and varicella zoster virus by polymerase chainreaction reveals that initial herpes zoster is frequently misdiagnosed as herpes simplex.
Cloning members of proteintyrosine kinase family using polymerase chainreaction.
In a group of these animals, any stimulus that causes one of them to flee will lead to a chainreaction of rapid movements.
Thus, a chainreaction of lipid peroxidation leads to membrane damage.
A norovirus outbreak associated with wedding cake polymerase chainreaction assay.
So, changing the value of one cell may produce a chainreaction which recursively causes the change of a large group of cells.
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