Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
A chemical reaction where the products of the reaction influence the reactants of a following reaction, leading to positive feedback.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- polymerase chain reaction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: nuclear physics
Examples
- The Manhattan Project produced the first recorded controlled chain reaction.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A series of events, each one causing or influencing the next.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical reaction, reaction
a self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nuclear reaction
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
90 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Afrikaans:
kettingreaksie
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Albanian:
reaksion zinxhi
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Amharic:
የሰንሰለት ድርጊት
(yäsänsälät dərgit)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Arabic:
تَفَاعُل مُتَسَلْسِل
(tafāʕul mutasalsil)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Armenian:
շղթայական ռեակցիա
(šġtʻayakan ṙeakcʻia)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Azerbaijani:
zəncirvari reaksiya
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Basque:
kate-erreakzio
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Belarusian:
ланцуго́вая рэа́кцыя
(lancuhóvaja reákcyja)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Bengali:
ধারাবাহিক প্রক্রিয়া
(dharabahik prokriẏa)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Bulgarian:
вери́жна реа́кция
(verížna reákcija)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Catalan:
reacció en cadena
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Chinese Mandarin:
鏈式反應 /链式反应
(liànshì fǎnyìng)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Chinese Mandarin:
鏈反應 /链反应
(liànfǎnyìng)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Czech:
řetězová reakce
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Danish:
kædereaktion
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Dutch:
kettingreactie
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Esperanto:
ĉena reakcio
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Estonian:
ahelreaktsioon
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Faroese:
ketureaktión
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Finnish:
ketjureaktio
— type of nuclear reaction
-
French:
réaction en chaîne
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Galician:
reacción en cadea
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Georgian:
ჯაჭვური რეაქცია
(ǯač̣vuri reakcia)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
German:
Kettenreaktion
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Greek:
αλυσιδωτή αντίδραση
(alysidotí antídrasi)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Haitian Creole:
reyaksyon an chenn
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Hebrew:
תְּגוּבַת שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת
(tguvát sharshéret)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Hindi:
शृंखला अभिक्रिया
(śŕṅkhlā abhikriyā)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Hungarian:
láncreakció
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Indonesian:
reaksi berantai
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Irish:
imoibriú slabhrúil
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Italian:
reazione a catena
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Japanese:
連鎖反応
(rensa hannō)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Kannada:
ಸರಣಿ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ
(saraṇi kriye)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Kannada:
ಸಾಲುಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ
(sālupratikriye)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Kannada:
ಸರಣಿಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ
(saraṇipratikriye)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Kannada:
ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯಾಶ್ರೇಣಿ
(prakriyāśrēṇi)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Kazakh:
тізбекті реакция
(tızbektı reaksiä)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Korean:
연쇄반응
(yeonswaebaneung)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Latvian:
ķēdes reakcija
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Macedonian:
верижна реакција
(verižna reakcija)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Malay:
tindak balas berantai
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Malay:
reaksi berantai
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Norwegian Bokmål:
kjedereaksjon
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kjedereaksjon
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Persian:
واکنش زنجیرهای
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Polish:
reakcja łańcuchowa
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Portuguese:
reação em cadeia
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Romanian:
reacție în lanț
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Russian:
цепна́я реа́кция
(cepnája reákcija)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Serbo-Croatian:
ла̀нчана реа̀кција
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Serbo-Croatian:
lànčana reàkcija
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Slovak:
reťazová reakcia
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Slovene:
verižna reakcija
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Spanish:
reacción en cadena
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Spanish:
reacción catenaria
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Swedish:
kedjereaktion
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Tagalog:
patanikalang tambisa
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Turkish:
zincir reaksiyon
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Turkish:
zincirleme reaksiyon
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Ukrainian:
ланцюго́ва реа́кція
(lancjuhóva reákcija)
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Vietnamese:
phản ứng dây chuyền
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Welsh:
adwaith cadwyn
— type of nuclear reaction
-
Belarusian:
ланцуго́вая рэа́кцыя
(lancuhóvaja reákcyja)
— series of events
-
Chinese Mandarin:
連鎖反應 /连锁反应
(liánsuǒ fǎnyìng)
— series of events
-
Czech:
řetězová reakce
— series of events
-
Danish:
kædereaktion
— series of events
-
Dutch:
kettingreactie
— series of events
-
Faroese:
ketureaktión
— series of events
-
Finnish:
ketjureaktio
— series of events
-
French:
réaction en chaîne
— series of events
-
Georgian:
ჯაჭვური რეაქცია
(ǯač̣vuri reakcia)
— series of events
-
German:
Kettenreaktion
— series of events
-
Hungarian:
láncreakció
— series of events
-
Italian:
reazione a catena
— series of events
-
Japanese:
連鎖反応
(rensa hannō)
— series of events
-
Malay:
tindak balas berantai
— series of events
-
Malay:
reaksi berantai
— series of events
-
Norwegian Bokmål:
kjedereaksjon
— series of events
-
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kjedereaksjon
— series of events
-
Polish:
reakcja łańcuchowa
— series of events
-
Portuguese:
reação em cadeia
— series of events
-
Russian:
цепна́я реа́кция
(cepnája reákcija)
— series of events
-
Slovak:
reťazová reakcia
— series of events
-
Slovene:
verižna reakcija
— series of events
-
Spanish:
reacción catenaria
— series of events
-
Swedish:
kedjereaktion
— series of events
-
Turkish:
zincirleme tepki
— series of events
-
Ukrainian:
ланцюго́ва реа́кція
(lancjuhóva reákcija)
— series of events
-
Vietnamese:
phản ứng dây chuyền
— series of events