Gunter's chain

noun

See under chain (def. 8a).

Origin of Gunter's chain

First recorded in 1670–80; named after its inventor, Edmund Gunter

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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

C17: named after Edmund Gunter (1581–1626), English mathematician and astronomer

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