CHAIN

n. Chan. Gr., cretpa, aAuo-is, xa-^aa"r v- Lat., catena. Fr., chaine. Ger., Kette, Reihe. It., catena. Sp., cadena. A series of links joined together in a line; also any linear arrangement of similar parts. See CELL-C., C.-HOOK, C.-SAW, etc. Compound c. A series of galvanic elements connected together. [Erb (A, 467).] Electric c. See Compound c., Galvanic CIRCUIT, and Pulver macher^s c. Follicle c. See Ovarian TUBE. Galvanic c. See Compound c.. Galvanic CIRCUIT, and Pulver macher\<t c. Ova c. See Ovarian TUBE. Pulver macher's c. Fr., chaine de Pulver macher. A sort of belt made of alternate electro-positive and electro-negative links; worn to obtain the effect of a mild constant galvanic current. Vertebral c. The vertebral column. ["Proc. of the Roy. Soc.," xliii. No. 264, p. 465.] [s. 194]