chain reaction

1. (physical)A chemical reaction where the products of the reaction influence the reactants of a following reaction, leading to positive feedback.

   polymerase chain reaction

2. 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.

   Kettenreaktion

   цепна́я реа́кцияcepnája reákcija

   ланцюго́ва реа́кціяlancjuhóva reákcija

   a self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others

3. (figuratively)A series of events, each one causing or influencing the next.

   Kettenreaktion

   цепна́я реа́кцияcepnája reákcija

   ланцюго́ва реа́кціяlancjuhóva reákcija

   a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next

1. That set off a chain reaction.

   ruЭто запустило цепную реакцию. — Wezel

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2. It was a chain reaction.

   deDas war eine Kettenreaktion. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. It started a chain reaction.

   ruЭто вызвало цепную реакцию. — marafon

   deEs hat eine Kettenreaktion in Gang gesetzt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. There was a chain-reaction crash during rush hour.

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5. It was a chain-reaction collision.

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