English-Swedish translations for chain reaction

• kedjereaktion en
  En sådan utveckling kan lätt bli en kedjereaktion.Such a development could easily become a chain reaction.
  Det är första steget i en kedjereaktion med betydande konsekvenser.It is the beginning of a chain reaction with important consequences.
  Förstår vi verkligen omfattningen av den destabiliserande kedjereaktion som vi håller på att inleda i regionen?Do we really know the extent of the destabilising chain reaction we are initiating in the region?

Definition of chain reaction

• A in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms
• A series of events, each one causing or influencing the next

Examples

• The Manhattan Project produced the first recorded controlled chain reaction.
• The bombs all exploded in a chain reaction

Related words

• polymerase chain reaction
• nuclear chain reaction
• quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction
• real-time polymerase chain reaction