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Home Dictionary Name: gunters chainGunters chain
The chain ordinarily used in measuring land See Chain n 4 and Gunters scale...
Gunters scale
A scale invented by the Rev Edmund Gunter 1581 1626 a professor of astronomy at Gresham College London who invented also Gunters chain and Gunters quadrant...
Gunters line
A logarithmic line on Gunters scale used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers called also line of lines and line of numbers...
Gunters quadrant
A thin quadrant made of brass wood etc showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator By it are found the hour of the day the suns azimuth the altitude of objects in degrees etc See Gunters scale...
chain gang
chain gang : a group of convicts chained together esp. to work outside a prison ...
chain of causation
chain of causation :the causal connection between an original cause and its subsequent effects esp. as a basis for criminal or civil liability [intervening acts of third parties will not break the chain of causation "Brownell v. Figel, 950 F.2d 1285 (1991)"] see also nexus ...
chain of title
chain of title :the succession of conveyances of the title to a particular item of real property (as a house) NOTE: The chain of title is usually stated or shown in an abstract of title. ...
chained
bound with chains as prisoners chained together to prevent escape...
Chain pump
A pump consisting of an endless chain running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved and dipping below the water to be raised The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge...
chains
metal shackles connected by chains used to bind hands or legs as he was kept two weeks in chains...
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