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GUNTER'S CHAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gunter's chain mean?
• GUNTER'S CHAIN (noun)
The noun GUNTER'S CHAIN has 1 sense:
1. a unit of length (22 yards)
Familiarity information: GUNTER'S CHAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of length (22 yards)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("Gunter's chain" is a kind of...):
chain (a unit of length)
Holonyms ("Gunter's chain" is a part of...):
furlong (a unit of length equal to 220 yards)
Context examples
A traditional unit of length equal to 1/100 of a Gunter's chain, exactly 7.92 inches or 201.168 mm.
(Link for Gunter's Chain USA, NCI Thesaurus)
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