encadeadas

Encadeadas is the feminine plural form of the adjective encadeado, used in Portuguese to indicate that elements are joined in a chain or arranged in a linked sequence. The word functions as a generic descriptor and appears in various domains to signal a linear or networked linkage among parts.

In computing, encadeadas often appears in references to data structures such as listas encadeadas (linked lists). In a linked list, each element (node) contains data and a reference to the next node, allowing dynamic resizing and efficient insertions or deletions. Variants include listas encadeadas simples and listas duplamente encadeadas (singly and doubly linked lists), which differ in how nodes reference neighboring elements.

In linguistics and textual analysis, encadeadas can describe sequences of words, phrases, or clauses that are linked by grammatical or semantic relationships. The concept is used to discuss phenomena such as syntactic chaining, discourse sequences, or poetic and rhetorical devices that create a chain-like flow of ideas.

In science and chemistry, the term may be encountered to describe chain-like arrangements of units, such as polymers or amino acid sequences in proteins. While more specific terminology is common in these fields, encadeadas can serve as a descriptive shorthand for connected chains of repeating units.

See also: encadeamento, lista ligada, estrutura encadeada, cadeia polipeptídica.