Italienska | Engelska |
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catena noun {f} | chain [chains](series of interconnected rings or links) range [ranges](line of mountains, buildings etc.) ridge [ridges](chain of mountains) string [strings](series of items or events) |
catena alimentare noun {f} | food chain [food chains](feeding relationship between species) |
catena del freddo noun {f} | cold chainnoun |
catena di blocchi noun {f} | blockchain(shared record) |
catena di custodia noun {f} | chain of custody(the documentation showing the full process of acquisition, transfer, handling and disposition of physical or electronic materials) |
catena di decadimento noun {f} | decay chainnoun |
catena di montaggio noun {f} | assembly line [assembly lines](system of workers and machinery in a series) |
catena di sant'antonio noun {f} | chain letter [chain letters](a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients) |
catena montuosa noun {f} | mountain chain(a series of mountain ranges) |
catena umana noun {f} | human chain(form of demonstration in which people link their arms as a show of political solidarity) |
catenaccio noun {m} | catenaccio(system of defensive play) |
catenare verb | enchain [enchained, enchaining, enchains](to restrain with, or as if with, chains) |
catenaria noun {f} | catenary [catenaries](curve of a flexible chain) |
anticatena noun {f} | antichain(subset of a partially ordered set) |
causa scatenante noun {f} | root cause(initiating cause) |
concatenare verb | chain [chained, chaining, chains](to link together) |
controcatena noun {f} | straining beam(truss) |
effetto a catena noun {m} | knock-on effect(secondary, indirect effect) |
il cane vecchio non si abitua più alla catena phrase | you can't teach an old dog new tricks(too old to change) |
incatenare verb | chain [chained, chaining, chains](to fasten with a chain) enchain [enchained, enchaining, enchains](to restrain with, or as if with, chains) fetter [fettered, fettering, fetters](to shackle or bind up with fetters) shackle [shackled, shackling, shackles](to restrain using shackles) tether [tethered, tethering, tethers](to restrict something with a tether) |
reazione a catena noun {f} | chain reaction(type of nuclear reaction) |
reazione a catena della polimerasi noun | polymerase chain reaction(technique in molecular biology for creating multiple copies of DNA from a sample) |
si scatena l'inferno phrase | all hell breaks loose(the situation becomes chaotic) |
una catena è forte quanto il suo anello più debole phrase | a chain is only as strong as its weakest link(aphorism) |