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1 set off a chain reaction
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2 chain reaction
chain re·'ac·tion nKettenreaktion f;to set off a \chain reaction eine Kettenreaktion auslösen (a. fig) -
3 chain reaction
noun(Chem., Phys.; also fig.) Kettenreaktion, die* * *chain re·ˈac·tionn Kettenreaktion fto set off a \chain reaction eine Kettenreaktion auslösen a. fig* * ** * *noun(Chem., Phys.; also fig.) Kettenreaktion, die* * *n.Kettenreaktion f. -
4 set off
vt <tech.gen> (shift, move) ■ absetzen vtvt <tech.gen> (a process; e.g. a chain reaction) ■ einleiten vt
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