side chain
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of the variable parts of amino acids that extend from the peptide backbone in proteins; they are referred to as R-groups, which branch off the backbone at the alpha carbon (Cα).
noun
Auxiliary audio input fed to a synthesizer etc. and used to selectively trigger an effect.
noun
A separate blockchain attached to a parent blockchain (mainchain) to extend its functionalities.
Example Sentences
- "The Blockstream developers, meanwhile, were accused of working for the interests of their company, Blockstream, rather than the good of Bitcoin as a whole. Their company, after all, proposed breaking many smaller transactions off onto so called sidechains that would occasionally link back up with the main Bitcoin blockchain, […]"
- "A sidechain does not have a native token but rather creates a two-way peg or a 1:1 peg between bitcoin (tokens) and the “pegged bitcoin” on the sidechain."
- "When the screw coupling replaced the old chain couplings on passenger stock, the latter were retained and still coupled up to prevent severance of a train in the event of a screw coupling breaking. The contingency is so remote, however, that the side chains have been abolished."
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
childchain