chain vs group

chain

noun
  • A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name. 

  • A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device. 

  • A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule. 

  • A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links. 

  • That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond. 

  • A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. 

  • Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. 

  • A long measuring tape. 

  • A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset. 

  • A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out). 

  • A livery collar, a chain of office. 

  • The warp threads of a web. 

  • A series of interconnected things. 

verb
  • To link multiple items together. 

  • To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings 

  • To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying. 

  • To relate data items with a chain of pointers. 

  • To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain. 

  • To obligate. 

  • To fasten something with a chain. 

  • To secure someone with fetters. 

  • To load and automatically run (a program). 

  • To be chained to another data item. 

group

noun
  • A commercial organization. 

  • A column in the periodic table of chemical elements. 

  • An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter. 

  • A (usually small) group of people who perform music together. 

  • An air force formation. 

  • A number of users with the same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals. 

  • A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another. 

  • A subset of a culture or of a society. 

  • A functional group. 

  • A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other. 

  • A collection of formations or rock strata. 

  • A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes. 

  • A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse. 

  • A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division. 

verb
  • To come together to form a group. 

  • To put together to form a group. 

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