Chain reaction

noun

Word Frequency: 2.1

Definitions

1.nounA 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.nounA series of events, each one causing or influencing the next.

"The bombs all exploded in a chain reaction."

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