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cadeia meaning in English

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cadeia noun

jail [jails](place for short-term confinement)
noun
[UK: dʒeɪl] [US: ˈdʒeɪl]

cadeia noun
{f}

catena [catenas](series of related items)
noun
[UK: kə.ˈtiː.nə] [US: kə.ˈtiː.nə]

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

prison [prisons](place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
noun
[UK: ˈprɪz.n̩] [US: ˈprɪz.n̩]

cadeia alimentar noun
{f}

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

food web(diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem)
noun

cadeia de caracteres noun
{f}

string [strings](programming: sequence of characters)
noun
[UK: strɪŋ] [US: ˈstrɪŋ]

cadeia de comando noun
{f}

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

cadeia de custódia noun

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

cadeia montanhosa noun
{f}

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

cadeia trófica noun
{f}

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

chave de cadeia noun

jailbait(person below the age of consent for sexual activity)
noun
[UK: dʒˈeɪlbeɪt] [US: dʒˈeɪlbeɪt]

foto de cadeia noun
{f}

mug shot(photograph taken of the head and shoulders)
noun

reacção em cadeia da polimerase noun

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]

reação em cadeia noun
{f}

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

regra da cadeia noun
{f}

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