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ENGINEER'S CHAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does engineer's chain mean?
• ENGINEER'S CHAIN (noun)
The noun ENGINEER'S CHAIN has 1 sense:
1. a unit of length (100 ft)
Familiarity information: ENGINEER'S CHAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of length (100 ft)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("engineer's chain" is a kind of...):
chain (a unit of length)
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