Defenition of the word chain reaction

• Defenition of the word chain reaction

  • (physics) A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.
  • A series of events, each one causing the next.
  • a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next
  • a self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others

Hypernyms for the word chain reaction

• • chemical reaction
  • nuclear reaction
  • reaction

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