chain reaction

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chain reaction (plural chain reactions)

  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.
  2. (idiomatic) A series of events, each one causing or influencing the next.
    The bombs all exploded in a chain reaction.

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