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What is a chain reaction?

What is a chain reaction? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (physics) A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.
  2. (idiomatic) A series of events, each one causing or influencing the next.
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We analyzed gene mutations in patients who died of thrombotic events, using multiplex allele-specific polymerase chain reaction amplification.
Thousands or hundreds of thousands or even millions of these monomer fragments then add to each other in a chain reaction to form polymers.
Mistakenly, they take the club back to the inside, starting a chain reaction that results in an over-the-top downswing.
Genotypes were obtained by automated sizing of fluorescently tagged polymerase chain reaction amplification products.
The electrical systems on the walls started to short-circuit before exploding in a chain reaction.
Polymerase chain reaction products were examined by agarose gel electrophoresis and ethidium bromide staining.

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