chain reaction

chain reaction
a) 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.

b) A series of events, each one causing the next.

The bombs all exploded in a chain reaction.


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