1. A series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next 
2. A self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others

Derived forms: chain reactions

Type of: chemical reaction, nuclear reaction, reaction

Encyclopedia: Chain reaction

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