(Weberei) In der Weberei die auf einen K.nbaum parallel gewickelten oder in einem Gatter in Spulenform untergebrachten Längsfäden zur Herstellung eines Gewebes.
(Technik) Reihe ineinandergreifender bewegl. Glieder aus Metall für Zug oder Antrieb.
(lat.) Band bewegl. Glieder, als Schmuck um Hals und Handgelenke, auch um Hüfte oder Fußgelenke getragen. - Im Maschinenbau werden K. als Zug- oder Treiborgane eingesetzt. Nach der Bauform unterscheidet man Ring-, Glieder-, Steg-, Laschen-, Rollen- und Gallsche K. - In der Textiltechnik werden die im fertigen Gewebe in Längsrichtung verlaufenden Kettfäden als K. bezeichnet.
Series, chain or sequence; chain; series.
A series of items in a chained list—that is, a list in which one item points to the next in sequence. See also linked list.
ETYM French chaîne, from Latin catena. Related to Catenate.
Unit of length equal to 20 metres.
1. A series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament.
2. A number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership.
3. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together; SYN. concatenation.
4. Anything that acts as a restraint.
5. A series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule); SYN. chemical chain.
6. A unit of length.
ETYM French, from corde. Related to Cord.
1. An ornamental ribbon or cord.
2. Cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank.
A cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women).
ETYM Latin series, from serere, sertum, to join or bind together; cf. Skr. sarit thread. Related to Assert, Desert a solitude, Exert, Insert, Seraglio.
(Homonym: Ceres).
1. A periodical that appears at scheduled times; SYN. serial, serial publication.
2. Similar things placed or happening one after another.
3. The sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions.
ETYM Old Eng. string, streng, as. streng; akin to Dutch streng, German strang, Icel. strengr, Swed. sträng, Dan. straeng; probably from the adj, Eng. strong (see Strong); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to Eng. strangle.
1. A lightweight cord; SYN. twine.
2. A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed.
3. A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; SYN. train.
4. A linear sequence of words as spoken or written; SYN. string of words, word string, linguistic string.
5. A collection of objects threaded on a single strand.
ETYM AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting, throwing, Swed. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline, Old High Germ. warf warp, German werft. Related to Warp.
In weaving, lengthwise threads in loom.1. A moral or mental distortion; SYN. warping.
2. A shape distorted by twisting or folding; SYN. buckle.
3. Threads arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof.