DAISY CHAIN | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of daisy chain in English daisy chainnoun [ C ] (also daisy-chain) uk /ˈdeɪ.zi ˌtʃeɪn/ us /ˈdeɪ.zi ˌtʃeɪn/ Add to word list Add to word list a decorative string made by threading or tying together daisies (= small white wild flowers with yellow centres) by their stems: Summers were spent sitting in flowering meadows making daisy chains. The little girl wore a daisy chain around her neck. a series of events that happen, each one caused by or connected to the previous one: The collapse of the sale created a daisy chain of delays and cancellations that frustrated home buyers and estate agents. When a bomb fell on a weapons cache, it set off a daisy chain of roadside bombs for 100 yards. electronics   specialized a number of electronic devices that are connected in series (= in a single line so that the current flows through each part, one after another): The various devices on the system are connected in a daisy chain (i.e., serially, in a single line). A number from 0 to 15 is assigned to each device attached to the daisy chain. sports   specialized a strip of strong material divided into sections, either sewn onto a bag that people use when walking, so that drink bottles, etc. can be hung from it, or used by a climber to fasten themselves to something using aclip: Daisy chains have multiple small loops for carabiner attachment. A daisy chain is a sewn piece of gear that climbers use to connect themselves temporarily to protection.

• The children are innocently threading daisy chains.
• They were stopped from making daisy-chains because the teacher said they might pick up germs from the ground.
• They decorated the table beautifully with wild flowers and daisy chains.
• He used the money in a daisy chain of illegal political contributions that led to his recent conviction.
• The system works like a daisy-chain on a series of hubs.
• The processor board interfaces up to four single or double sided disk drives in daisy chain configuration.

Objects & decorations connected with celebrations

• Advent calendar
• bauble
• birthday cake
• bonbon
• bridal wear
• bunting
• crib
• dreidel
• elf
• festoon
• garland
• illumination
• keepsake
• lei
• maypole
• noisemaker
• party popper
• tinsel
• tinselly
• wreath

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Flowers & flowering plants Causing things to happen Electrical components & circuitry Containers for carrying personal possessions daisy chainverb [ T ] (also daisy-chain) uk /ˈdeɪ.zi ˌtʃeɪn/ us /ˈdeɪ.zi ˌtʃeɪn/ electronics   specialized to connect a number of electronic devices in series (= in a single line so that electricity or signals flow through each part, one after another): The peripherals use a special port which allows them to be daisy chained together into a single string. You can daisy-chain as many as six devices. [ usually passive ] to connect a series of events, for example explosions, so that each one is caused by or connected to the previous one: Some of the bombs are "daisy chained" so that two bombs several feet apart go off simultaneously. Conspiracy theories, viral misinformation, and extremist memes are all daisy-chained together via a network of accounts.

• Is it possible to daisy chain another drive onto this?
• Just daisy-chain all your USB devices off a single USB port.
• These connectors allow you to daisy-chain the hard disk to the SSD.
• Daisy chaining surge protectors together can cause problems.
• This is a very complicated daisy-chained argument where the failure of any one link may be fatal to the entire theory.
• They connect the tree rings into an overlapping pattern, daisy-chaining the records from various trees together to create a climate record.

Electrical components & circuitry

• AGM battery
• armature
• bandpass filter
• baseband chip
• cathode ray
• coil
• conductor
• electromagnet
• fuse
• mainboard
• microgrid
• motherboard
• multi-cell
• multi-electrode
• multi-phase
• NiCad
• photocell
• photoelectric cell
• rheostat
• series circuit

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Causing things to happen (Definition of daisy chain from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

daisy chain | Business English

daisy chainnoun [ C ] uk us Add to word list Add to word list IT a number of computers or pieces of computer equipment or software that are connected to each other in a series: The thief can have a daisy chain of email accounts. daisy-chainverb [ T ] uk us IT to connect a number of computers or pieces of computer equipment to each other in a series: Can I daisy-chain a router to a wireless router? (Definition of daisy chain from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of daisy chain

daisy chain This allowed for faster connection and disconnection, because there was no need to daisy-chain multiple devices. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Serial backbones consist of two or more internet working devices connected to each other by a single cable in a daisy-chain fashion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sections are invariably connected in a cascade or daisy-chain topology, consisting of either repeats of the same section or of completely different sections. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The cable is run receiver to receiver in a daisy-chain fashion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Multidrop connections do not work well for fast serial buses, so most modern serial buses use daisy-chain or hub designs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The array could be configured as a plane, a cylinder, a daisy-chain or as a torus. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of daisy chain, daisy-chain?

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