Meaning of "engineer's chain" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF ENGINEER'S CHAIN

engineer's chain  [ˌendʒɪˈnɪəz tʃeɪn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENGINEER'S CHAIN

Engineer's chain is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ENGINEER'S CHAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chain (unit)

A chain is a unit of length. It measures 66 feet, or 22 yards, or 100 links, or 4 rods. There are 10 chains in a furlong, and 80 chains in one statute mile. An acre is the area of 10 square chains. The chain has been used for several centuries in Britain and in some other countries influenced by British practice. By extension, chainage is the distance along a curved or straight survey line from a fixed commencing point, as given by an odometer.

TRANSLATION OF ENGINEER'S CHAIN

Find out the translation of engineer's chain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of engineer's chain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «engineer's chain» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 工程师链
• Translator English - Spanish: cadena de ingeniero
• English: engineer´s chain
• Translator English - Hindi: इंजीनियर की चेन
• Translator English - Arabic: سلسلة مهندس
• Translator English - Russian: цепь инженера
• Translator English - Portuguese: cadeia de engenheiro
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রকৌশলী এর চেইন
• Translator English - French: la chaîne de l´ingénieur
• Translator English - Malay: Rantai jurutera
• Translator English - German: Ingenieurs -Kette
• Translator English - Japanese: エンジニアの連鎖
• Translator English - Korean: 엔지니어의 체인
• Translator English - Javanese: Chain engineer
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chuỗi kỹ sư
• Translator English - Tamil: பொறியாளர் சங்கிலி
• Translator English - Marathi: अभियंता च्या चेन
• Translator English - Turkish: Mühendisin zinciri
• Translator English - Italian: catena di ingegnere
• Translator English - Polish: Łańcuch inżyniera
• Translator English - Ukrainian: ланцюг інженера
• Translator English - Romanian: lanț inginer
• Translator English - Greek: αλυσίδας μηχανικού
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ingenieur se ketting
• Translator English - Swedish: ingenjörens kedja
• Translator English - Norwegian: ingeniør kjeden

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENGINEER'S CHAIN»

Discover the use of engineer's chain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to engineer's chain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Map Work And Practical Geography, 4E

In the case of metric chains tallies are attached after every fifth metre but in the case of Engineer's chain after every l0 feet (l0 links), and in the case of Gunter's Chain after every 6.6 feet (l0 links). In the case of a 20- metre chain from either end, ...

G Singh, 2009

Plane Surveying

Band Chain, Metric Chain and Engineer's Chain The comparison between the ' Band chain' and a Metric chain or Engineer's chain may be made on several points. The choice for either of them will depend upon the considerations on those ...

Alak De, 2000

Landscape Surveying

In the United States, the Gunter's chain was re- placed by the engineer's chain. Engineer's chains are composed of links also, but they were designed to be 100 feet long and each link was one foot. The modern 100-foot steel tape eventually ...

Harry L. Field, 2011

Reasonover's Land Measures

The. Engineer's. Chain. The engineer's chain is 100 feet (36 varas) in length and has 100 links, each of which is 1 foot in length. Steel. Tapes. Flat steel tapes 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide and usually 50 or 100 feet in length, graduated to feet and ...

John R. Reasonover, Michelle M. Haas, 2005

Roadwork: Theory and Practice

Prior to the metric chain there were other types of chain such as Gunter's chain ( 66 ft in length made up of 100 links of 7.92 inch) and the engineer's chain (100 ft in length and made up of 100 links). Gunter's chain was convenient for land ...

Peter Kendrick, Steve Beresford, Paul McCormick, 2007

Basic Civil Engineering

Also, when linear measurements are required in furlongs and miles, it is more convenient since 10 Gunter's chains=l furlong and 80 Gunter's chains =1 mile. Engineer's Chain The engineer's chain is 100 ft. long and consists of 100 links, each ...

Dr. B.C. Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain, Arun Kr. Jain, 2003

Surveying

Formerly engineer's chain or Gunter chain was used to measure the distance. The engineer's chain was 100 feet long and has 100 links each 1 foot long. At every 10 feet or links brass tags were fastened. The Gunter's chain or surveyor's chain ...

Mimi Das Saikia, Madan Mohan Das, 2010

Glossary of Mapping Science

engineering surveying - Surveying done in preparation for or as a part of the execution of an engineering project. engineer's chain - A chain 100 feet long and composed of 100 links each 1 foot long. At the end of every 10th link, a brass tag is ...

American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994

Fundamentals of Cartography

An engineer's chain is 100 ft.long and a gunter's chain is 66 ft. long. Gunter's chain used to be common in India because it is convenient in measuring acreage and mile-distances. 80 chains equal 1 mile and 10 sq. chains make an acre.

Rameshwar Prasad Misra, A. Ramesh, 1989

Time Traveller's Handbook: A Guide to the Past

(9) Survey a. a measuring instrument consisting of 100 wire rods or links, each 7.92 inches long (surveyor's or Gunter's chain), or one foot long (engineer's chain ). b. the length of a surveyor's chain (66 feet) or engineer's chain (100 feet).

Althea Douglas, 2011