"multichain" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: multi- + chain Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|chain}} multi- + chain Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} multichain (not comparable)
  1. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to more than one chain. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-multichain-en-adj-atdKiH0U Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Noun

Forms: multichains [plural]
Etymology: multi- + chain Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|chain}} multi- + chain Head templates: {{en-noun}} multichain (plural multichains)
  1. A Markov chain consisting of two or more closed sets of recurrent states plus (optionally) a set of states that do not belong to any of the closed sets.
    Sense id: en-multichain-en-noun-BDlJRCBU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 55 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 18 58 24
  2. An ordered subset of a poset; a generalization of a chain that allows inequalities that are not strict.
    Sense id: en-multichain-en-noun-ejpzkfRJ

Inflected forms

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