chaining

v. imprison, place in fetters, tie down; make a chain

Chaining is an instructional procedure used in Behavioral psychology, experimental analysis of behavior and applied behavior analysis. It involves reinforcing individual responses occurring in a sequence to form a complex behavior. It is frequently used for training behavioral sequences (or "chains") that are beyond the current repertoire of the learner.
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Noun
1. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
(synonym) concatenation
(hypernym) series
(hyponym) catena
(derivation) catenate, catenulate
2. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
(synonym) chemical chain
(hypernym) unit, building block
(hyponym) closed chain, ring
(part-holonym) molecule
(derivation) catenate, catenulate
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
3. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
(hypernym) ligament
(hyponym) anchor chain
(part-holonym) chain printer
4. a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
(hypernym) business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
(hyponym) apparel chain
(member-meronym) chain store
(classification) dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
5. anything that acts as a restraint
(hypernym) restraint, constraint
6. a unit of length
(hypernym) linear unit
(hyponym) Gunter's chain
(part-meronym) foot, ft
7. a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
(synonym) range, mountain range, range of mountains, mountain chain, chain of mountains
(hypernym) geological formation, formation
(hyponym) Adirondacks, Adirondack Mountains
(part-meronym) massif
8. metal shackles; for hands or legs
(synonym) iron, irons, chains
(hypernym) shackle, bond, hamper, trammel, trammels
9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
(synonym) string, strand
(hypernym) necklace
Verb
1. connect or arrange into a chain by linking
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(hyponym) concatenate
2. fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"
(antonym) unchain
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Chain
  

1. <operating system> (From BASIC's "CHAIN" statement) To pass control to a child or successor without going through the operating system command interpreter that invoked you. The state of the parent program is lost and there is no returning to it. Though this facility used to be common on memory-limited microcomputers and is still widely supported for backward compatibility, the jargon usage is semi-obsolescent; in particular, Unix calls this exec.
Compare with the more modern "subshell".
2. A series of linked data areas within an operating system or application program. "Chain rattling" is the process of repeatedly running through the linked data areas searching for one which is of interest. The implication is that there are many links in the chain.
3. A possibly infinite, non-decreasing sequence of elements of some total ordering, S
x0 I.e. any two elements of a chain are related.
("LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
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(1995-02-03)