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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A garland or chain made of linked daisies.
- noun A series of connected events, activities, or things, likened to a garland.
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- noun A
garland created from the daisies (the flowers). - noun computer engineering A
bus wiringscheme in which aseries of devices are connected insequence , A to B, B to C, C to D, etc. - noun electrical engineering Placing
several electrical or electronic devices inparallel by either their power connections or theirdata connections or both. - noun A series of
synthesizers ,samplers ,sequencers , or various otherMIDI devices connected to one another in a chain via MIDI cables - noun rock climbing A ladder made from nylon tape, originally made by chaining together several loops of nylon tape.
- noun A large
nylon loop sewn together atintervals along the midlength, used todecelerate a fallingclimber . - noun
backpacking A small strip of webbing with multiple loops, which allows the backpacker to secure many different types of objects to the exterior of the pack. - noun Any
series of complicatedrelationships in which, over time, people have had different partners who have themselves had other partners within the same group of people. - noun sexuality A
group sex formation involving multiplepartners , with theparticipants lying in a circle,putting their mouth to thegenitals of the next person. - verb electronics To
connect anetwork in sequence from one node to another through the connected devices.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools
- noun (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences
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