Science Fair Project Dictionary
Chain reaction
English
Noun phrase
chain reaction
- 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.
- A series of events, each one causing the next.
- The bombs all exploded in a chain reaction.
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