Gunter's chain

noun

A sixty-six-foot-long (i.e. four-rod-long) surveyor's chain divided into one hundred links.

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Meanings

Gunter's chain1

nounGunter's chain (plural Gunter's chains)

plural Gunter's chains · alternative Gunter's Chain

  1. A sixty-six-foot-long (i.e. four-rod-long) surveyor's chain divided into one hundred links.

Gunter's Chain2

nounGunter's Chain (plural Gunter's Chains)

plural Gunter's Chains

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Gunter's chain.

Origin

Named after Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and geometer who devised it. For the surname, see Gunter.

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APA

Gunter's chain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gunter's%20chain

MLA

“Gunter's chain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gunter's%20chain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gunter's chain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gunter's%20chain.

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