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 ; tounite closely or firmly, as if by a chain.
Etymologies
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inter- + chain
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Examples
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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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