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multichain en · ADJ

Etymology

From multi- + chain.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to more than one chain.
   • multichain polyamino acids
2. (not-comparable) Of a Markov chain, consisting of two or more closed sets of recurrent states plus (optionally) a set of states that do not belong to any of the closed sets.
   • multichain Markov chain

Antonyms

unichain

multichain en · NOUN

Etymology

From multi- + chain.

Meanings

1. A multichain Markov chain.
   • A multichain with transient states is called a reducible multichain. 2016, Theodore J. Sheskin, Markov Chains and Decision Processes for Engineers and Managers, page 24:
2. An ordered subset of a poset; a generalization of a chain that allows inequalities that are not strict.

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