Chainlet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small chain.

    "What plumage waved the altar round , How spurs and ringing chainlets sound"

  2. 2
    A chain (totally ordered set) that has a finite number of elements.

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"What plumage waved the altar round , How spurs and ringing chainlets sound"

Etymology

From chain + -let.

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