an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament |
a single undivided whole | a necklace made by stringing objects together |
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group | anything that acts as a restraint |
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else | a linked or connected series of objects |
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange | a series of things depending on each other as if linked together |
an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole | (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership |
| (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) |
| a series of hills or mountains |
| a unit of length |