Definitions

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  • noun Any chain that branches off another

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ chain

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Examples

  • Here, the chain was connected to the F&D design-clearance subchain, and continued:

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

  • Here, the chain was connected to the F&D design-clearance subchain, and continued:

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

  • Here, the chain was connected to the F&D design-clearance subchain, and continued:

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

  • Here, the chain was connected to the F&D design-clearance subchain, and continued:

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

  • This relationship between fields in this manner involves some subtle matters of Lagrangians on a full space and the Chern-Simons Lagrangian on a subchain or cycle.

    The Black Hole War Sean 2008

  • And if we start breaking it down into reasonably small pieces, we're likely to have one decide on the short transformation subchain and go off at any time; pure chance gave us a concentration to begin with that eliminated the shorter chains, but we can't break it down into small lots and those into smaller lots, and so on.

    Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973

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