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noun
A sixty-six-foot-long (i.e. four-rod-long) surveyor's chain divided into one hundred links.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative form of Gunter's chain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
a unit of length (22 yards)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chain
History
Named after Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and geometer who devised it. For the surname, see Gunter.
