OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21048

chain reaction

Meanings (ES + gloss)
reacción catenaria • reacción en cadena
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.
reacción catenaria
A series of events, each one causing or influencing the next.
That is, systemic risk is the risk of a chain reaction of falling interconnected dominos.
You need the evening action / A place to dine, a glass of wine, a little late romance / It's a chain reaction / You'll see the people of the world coming out to dance
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