chain reaction

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chain reaction

1. (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.

2. (idiomatic) A series of events, each one causing the next.

   The bombs all exploded in a chain reaction.

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