chain reaction
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chain reaction (plural chain reactions)
- (physics) A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.
- The Manhattan Project produced the first recorded controlled chain reaction.
- (idiomatic) A series of events, each one causing the next.
- The bombs all exploded in a chain reaction.
Translations [edit]
nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms
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series of events
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