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Gun·ter's chain (gun′tərz)

noun

a surveyor's chain 66 ft (20.117 m) in length: it consists of 100 links, each 7.92 in (20.117 cm) long

Etymology: after E. Gunter (1581-1626), Eng mathematician who invented it

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