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chain meaning in Portuguese

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chain [chains] (series of interconnected rings or links)
noun
[UK: tʃeɪn]
[US: ˈtʃeɪn]

cadeianoun
{f}

correntenoun
{f}

chain [chained, chaining, chains] (to fasten with a chain)
verb
[UK: tʃeɪn]
[US: ˈtʃeɪn]

encadearverb

chain drive [chain drives] (transmission system)
noun
[UK: tʃeɪn draɪv]
[US: ˈtʃeɪn ˈdraɪv]

correianoun

chain mail [chain mails] (a flexible defensive armor)
noun
[UK: tʃeɪn meɪl]
[US: ˈtʃeɪn ˈmeɪl]

cota de malhanoun

chain of command (hierarchy in which one rank obeys the one above it)
noun

cadeia de comandonoun
{f}

chain of custody (the documentation showing the full process of acquisition, transfer, handling and disposition of physical or electronic materials)
noun

cadeia de custódianoun

chain reaction (type of nuclear reaction)
noun
[UK: tʃeɪn rɪ.ˈæk.ʃn̩]
[US: ˈtʃeɪn ri.ˈæk.ʃn̩]

reação em cadeianoun
{f}

chain rule (mean value theorem)
noun
[UK: tʃeɪn ruːl]
[US: ˈtʃeɪn ˈruːl]

regra da cadeianoun
{f}

chain smoker (one who habitually smokes a lot)
noun
[UK: tʃeɪn ˈsməʊkə(r)]
[US: ˈtʃeɪn ˈsmoʊkə(r)]

fumistanoun
{mf}

chain smoker (one who smokes continuously)
noun
[UK: tʃeɪn ˈsməʊkə(r)]
[US: ˈtʃeɪn ˈsmoʊkə(r)]

fumador compulsivonoun
{mf}

chained (bound with chains)
adjective
[UK: tʃeɪnd]
[US: ˈtʃeɪnd]

acorrentadoadjective

chainsaw [chainsaws] (saw with a power-driven chain)
noun
[UK: ˈtʃeɪn.sɔː]
[US: ˈtʃeɪn.ˌsɒ]

eletrosserranoun
{f}

motoserrotenoun
{m}

motosserranoun
{f}

a chain is only as strong as its weakest link (aphorism)
phrase

uma corrente é tão forte quanto o seu elo mais fracophrase

uma corrente é tão forte quanto seu elo mais fracophrase

food chain [food chains] (feeding relationship between species)
noun
[UK: fuːd tʃeɪn]
[US: ˈfuːd ˈtʃeɪn]

cadeia alimentarnoun
{f}

cadeia tróficanoun
{f}

keychain (chain or ring)
noun

chaveironoun
{m}

porta-chavesnoun
{m}

mountain chain (a series of mountain ranges)
noun
[UK: ˈmaʊn.tɪn tʃeɪn]
[US: ˈmaʊn.tən ˈtʃeɪn]

cadeia montanhosanoun
{f}

polymerase chain reaction (technique in molecular biology for creating multiple copies of DNA from a sample)
noun
[UK: ˈpɑː.lə.mə.ˌres tʃeɪn rɪ.ˈæk.ʃn̩]
[US: ˈpɑː.lə.mə.ˌres ˈtʃeɪn ri.ˈæk.ʃn̩]

reacção em cadeia da polimerasenoun

unchain [unchained, unchaining, unchains] (to remove chains from; to free; to liberate)
verb
[UK: ʌn.ˈtʃeɪn]
[US: ʌn.ˈtʃeɪn]

desencadearverb