daisy chain
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Noun
- A garland to be worn on the head, made (usually as a pastime) by sewing or otherwise linking the stems of the flowers of daisies (Bellis perennis) into a ring.
- A thing resembling a daisy chain (sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle.
- A thing resembling a daisy chain (sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle: A small strip of webbing with multiple loops, which allows a backpacker to secure several objects to the exterior of a backpack.
- A thing resembling a daisy chain (sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle: A group of dealers who buy and sell a commodity (originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) among themselves in order to artificially increase its price before it is sold to a party outside the group.
- A thing resembling a daisy chain (sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle: A ladder consisting of loops of nylon tape connected together which are used as footholds.
- A thing resembling a daisy chain (sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle: A large nylon loop sewn together at intervals along the midlength, used to decelerate a falling free climber.
- A thing resembling a daisy chain (sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle: A bus wiring scheme in which a series of devices are connected in sequence: A to B, B to C, C to D, etc.
- A thing resembling a daisy chain (sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle: Several electrical or electronic devices linked in series by their data or power connections, or both.
- A thing resembling a daisy chain (sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle: A series of samplers, sequencers, synthesizers, or other MIDI devices used in electronic music connected to one another in a chain through MIDI cables.
- A thing resembling a daisy chain (sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle: A series of complicated personal relationships in which, over time, people have had different partners who have themselves had other partners within the same group of people.
- A thing resembling a daisy chain (sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle: A group-sex formation involving multiple partners, with the participants lying in a circle, each one performing oral sex on another person.
- A sequence of events where each one leads to the next.
- Alternative form of daisy chain.
Verb
- Alternative form of daisy-chain.
- To artificially increase (the price of a commodity; originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) by a group of dealers buying and selling it among themselves before it is sold to a party outside the group.
- To connect (several computer devices or peripherals, or other components) in sequence with each other, usually such that the output of one component forms the input of another; also (followed by to), to connect (a computer device, peripheral, or other component) to another component in such a sequence.
- Of people, animals, etc.: to position in a line and move like a chain.
- To artificially increase the price of a commodity (originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) by a group of dealers buying and selling it among themselves before it is sold to a party outside the group.
- Especially of a computer device, peripheral, or other component: to be capable of being connected with other components in sequence.
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