Meanings
adjectiveinterchain (comparative more interchain, superlative most interchain)
comparative more interchain · superlative most interchain
- chemistryBetween chains (of a polymer etc)
verbinterchain (third-person singular simple present interchains, present participle interchaining, simple past and past participle interchained)
present singular third person interchains · participle present interchaining · participle past interchained · past interchained
- To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as if by a chain.
Two bosoms interchained with an oath.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- Englishchain
- Englishinterchain
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APA
interchain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interchain
MLA
“interchain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interchain. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interchain,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interchain.
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