daisy chain
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈdeɪzi tʃeɪn/
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cadena de eventos
- So cooling wise, we've got this Daisy chain going on for the LEDs.
- form a daisy chain
Examples
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The problem with most of Jen's links is that they link to summaries of other web pages' assertions, and you have to follow the daisy chain for five or six links until you see the quote in its actual context.
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By the way, this daisy chain crosses borders, and thus any one country's financial authority.
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And to that extent, we're seeing sort of the standard for well, we're we're seeing the usual, you know, Daisy chain with full ground Shields over it.
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We had Brian Reynolds talking about what he called the Daisy chain of investing, and I hope you listen to him because what he had to say was shocking.
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As for the thing about Rhys, I did not see any comments made about him that I have heard of in a similar vein from him (though to be fair, those accusations follow the same kind of daisy chain link).
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Bureaucratic elites are at the center of a system that supported the establishment of a daisy chain of dependent relationships between elite groups and their constituents.
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We argued above that the Fed has so far taken on the job of guaranteeing this daisy chain, which is why so many foreign banks received Fed support, and why the ECB gets swap lines from the Fed despite the Euro being, or pretending to be, a reserve currency in the "new architecture" mold of the US.
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At the project meeting, the team discussed the daisy chain of events that led to the final decision.
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The community created a daisy chain of support by connecting local businesses with residents needing help.
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The political campaign used a daisy chain of endorsements to build momentum and attract more voters.
Synonyms
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2.0
A series of connected events where each follows the next
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3.2
A series of connected events where each one causes the next
A short series of related events or items that connect to a larger series
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
daisy + chain
The compound is literally 'a chain made of daisies' — combining 'daisy' (a flower) with 'chain' (a series of linked items) directly evokes a series of linked elements, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the extended meaning for connected people or events. This follows a regular noun+noun compositional pattern and the metaphorical extension is transparent and predictable.
Etymology
Daisy chain is also used for a series of linked things because of the image of many daisy flowers joined one after another. Each flower is connected to the next, so the phrase came to mean a chain of people or events that are 'connected' to each other.