chain reaction
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Each magnetic moment tilts slightly and passes its motion to the next, creating a chain reaction.
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Cold exposure sets off a chain reaction in the body, including inflammation and narrowing of blood vessels.
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Using this model, they uncovered a chain reaction triggered by the absence of this protein.
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“Even without additional launches,” he writes, “the chain reactions of continuously colliding objects in orbit bring the possibility of creating even more circling debris.”
When struck by a laser, they trigger a chain reaction in electrons that produces terahertz pulses.
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