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noun
- (physics) A 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.
- (idiom) A series of events, each one causing the next.
- ''The bombs all exploded in a .
Translations: - French: réaction en chaí®ne (1,2)
- German: Kettenreaktion (1,2)
- Spanish: reacción en cadena
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