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1 a chain reaction
1) физ. цепная реакцияFor if neutrons are emitted in greater number than they are absorbed, a chain reaction is possible and the way to a new source of energy will have been found. (W. E. Lapp, ‘Atoms and People’, ch. II) — Ибо, если нейтроны испускаются в большем количестве, чем поглощаются, возможно возникновение цепной реакции, а это откроет путь к новому источнику энергии.
2) ряд следующих друг за другом однотипных действий; цепная реакция, лавинаThe horse may have passed near a vigilante who, taking it for a tapir - which are numerous in these parts - would have been likely to take a sporting pot-shot at it. But whether this was so or not the shooting set off a chain reaction and several bullets whined off the rocks behind which we were lying, causing me to abandon my intended action and we settled down again to await nightfall. (N. Lewis, ‘The Volcanoes above Us’, ch. XVII) — Кто-то из них, вероятно, принял галопирующую лошадь за тапира, которые часто встречаются в этих местах, и стрельнул для потехи. Так или иначе, но этот выстрел повлек за собой цепную реакцию, несколько пуль просвистело между скал, где мы лежали, и я должен был отказаться от какого-либо выступления и ждать темноты.
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