English

Noun
chain reaction

1. 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.

1. idiom A series of events, each one causing the next.

#:''The bombs all exploded in a chain reaction.

Translations

Czech: �et�zová reakce f (1,2)
Finnish: ketjureaktio (1,2)
French: réaction en chaîne f (1,2)
Hungarian: láncreakció :hu:láncreakció|^
German: Kettenreaktion f (1,2)
Japanese: ���� (�������, rensa hann�) (1,2)
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Latvian: ķ�des reakcija f (1)
Russian: �епна� �еак�и� (tsepnája reáktsija) f (1,2)
Slovene: verižna reakcija f (1,2)
Spanish: reacción en cadena f
Swedish: kedjereaktion :sv:kedjereaktion|^ c (1,2)

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