Usually means: Series of reactions triggering others.
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  1. chain reaction: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. chain reaction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chain reaction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. chain reaction: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. chain-reaction: Wordnik
  7. chain reaction: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. chain reaction: Wiktionary
  9. chain reaction: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  1. Chain_Reaction (Deming): Management Dictionary
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  1. Chain reaction (chemistry), Chain reaction (physics), chain reaction: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
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  4. Chain reaction (chemistry), Chain reaction (physics), chain reaction: Medical dictionary

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  1. chain reaction: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chain reaction)

noun:  (physical chemistry) A chemical reaction where the products of the reaction influence the reactants of a following reaction, leading to positive feedback.
noun:  (nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.
noun:  (figurative) A series of events, each one causing or influencing the next.

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