chain (n.)
→
unit of length
4 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | chain | |
| meaning 1 | series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | unit of length, exactly equal to 22 yards, which is 4 rods or 100 links, and approximately equal to 20.12 metres | |
| reference | English Wiktionary OED | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme | łańcuch | |
| meaning 1 | chain (n.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (obsolete) string or chain as a unit of measure equal to 75.5 cubits | |
| reference | WSJP | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | lanț | |
| meaning 1 | chain (n.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (obsolete) unit of length | |
| reference | Andrianov, Mixalchi 1954: 485 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | цепь | |
| meaning 1 | chain (n.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | unit of length equal to 1/10 of a versta (106.8 meters). | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | This unit was included in the official Russian system of length measures in the 18th century and was divided into 5 "poles" (шест). It was rarely used and eventually fell out of use. Романова Г. Я. Объяснительный словарь старинных русских мер. М., 2017. С. 267. |
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