bicycle chain

collocation in English

meaningsofbicycleandchain

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bicycle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbaɪ.sɪ.kəl/us
/ˈbaɪ.sə.kəl/
a two-wheeled vehicle that you sit on and move by turning the two pedals (= flat parts you press with ...
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chain
noun
uk
/tʃeɪn/us
/tʃeɪn/
a series of things of the same type connected in a line, or a series of people standing in ...
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(Definition ofbicycleandchainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Let us take the illustration of the young man who used thebicyclechain.
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The injuries that can be inflicted by thebicyclechainare perfectly dreadful.
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Abicyclechaincould be included in this category.
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The same applies to thebicyclechaincarried under the coat collar.
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He admitted hitting her with abicyclechain.
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Bicycle chains, which give the men longer reach, are fitted with leather to guard the men's hands, with thebicyclechainover their knuckles.
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The wheels, which had brakes, were retracted manually via a heavily geared down,bicyclechaindrive.
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However, the noseband can also be very harsh; some are made of rubber-covered cable, stiff metal, or evenbicyclechain(though usually covered in plastic).
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The engine-driven gear train drives the lower sprocket of a vertical link-chain (similar to abicyclechain), with a lift of about four feet.
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The design departed from the standard rollerbicyclechain: it was composed of linked triangles forming two levels.
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Abicyclechainhas links and plates that are pinned together; these pins can be pushed out with the chain tool.
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They soon moved to roller chain and conveyor equipment production, ceasingbicyclechainmanufacture altogether in 1928.
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Given an argument list consisting of "n" variables, p implicitly treats the last "n" -1 variables like abicyclechain, with each variable constituting a link in the chain.
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The international face of the clock uses what amounts to abicyclechaindrive to transfer mechanical power to each of the smaller international city clocks.
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Durant himself was seriously injured a few weeks before his eleventh birthday, when hisbicyclechain broke, and he careened into the path of a cement truck.
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There is a general shortage of bicycle chains, owing to the heavy demand on the precision chain industry for chain of all descriptions.
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There is a general shortage of bicycle chains, owing to the heavy demands on the precision chain industry for chain of all descriptions.
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Geared hydraulic chains (not unlike bicycle chains) generate lift for the platform and there are no counterweights.
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They came on our ships with baseball bats and bicycle chains.
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Bicycle chains may have a master link, or may require a chain tool for removal and installation.
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