Gunter's chain
noun
See under chain (def. 8a).
Origin of Gunter's chain
1First recorded in 1670–80; named after its inventor, Edmund Gunter
Words Nearby Gunter's chain
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British Dictionary definitions for Gunter's chain
Gunter's chain
noun
surveying a measuring chain 22 yards in length, or this length as a unit: See chain (def. 7)
Origin of Gunter's chain
1C17: named after Edmund Gunter (1581–1626), English mathematician and astronomer
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