Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To chain or link together; unite firmly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain.

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  • adjective chemistry Between chains (of a polymer etc)
  • verb To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as if by a chain.

Etymologies

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inter- +‎ chain

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Examples

  • S = 1/2, are confined by even an infinitesimal interchain coupling.

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  • Most ladders studied so far cannot illustrate this process because the large strength of their interchain coupling suppresses the spinon excitations at all energy scales.

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