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| chain management The administration, organization and planning for the flow of materials or merchandise through various stages of production and distribution, involving a network of vendors, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and other trading partners | 连锁管理 (管理、组织和计划材料或者商品在生产和分配这些不同阶段的流动，涉及到一个由卖方、供应商、制造商、分销商、零售商和其它贸易伙伴组成的网络。) |
| chain of signals | 信号链 |
| cross-chain Loran atmospheric sounding system | 交联式罗兰大气探测系统 |
| food chain A sequence of organisms on successive trophic levels within a community, through which energy is transferred by feeding; energy enters the food chain during fixation by primary producers (mainly green plants) and passes to the herbivores (primary consumers) and then to the carnivores (secondary and tertiary consumers) | 食物链 (生物社区内同一营养级别上的一系列有机体，能量通过捕食的形式传递：能量通过主要生产者(主要是绿色植物)的固定进入食物链，然后传递到草食动物(主要消费者)，然后传递到肉食动物(二级和三级消费者)。) |
| substrate-chain phosphorylation | 底物链磷酸化 |
| timber producing chain All interrelated steps of the lumber manufacturing process including tree felling, the removal of tops, branches and bark, the piling and sawing of logs, and the transportation and loading of finished boards or other products | 木材生产链 (木材生产过程的相关步骤，包括砍伐树根、树枝和树皮，锯原木打桩以及运输和装载成品板或其他产品的负荷。) |
