CHAIN REACTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next
   Hypernyms(s) chain reaction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • chemical reaction (what does chemical reaction mean?)
   • reaction (what does reaction mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a self-sustaining nuclear reaction
   • a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others
   Hypernyms(s) chain reaction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • nuclear reaction (what does nuclear reaction mean?)