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adj
Of or pertaining to more than one chain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adj
Of a Markov chain, consisting of two or more closed sets of recurrent states plus (optionally) a set of states that do not belong to any of the closed sets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, probability-theory, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unichain
noun
A multichain Markov chain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, probability-theory, sciences
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noun
An ordered subset of a poset; a generalization of a chain that allows inequalities that are not strict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From multi- + chain.
