0 any of the separate parts into which a book or other piece of text is divided, usually given a number or title: --
1 a period that is part of a larger amount of time during which something happens: --
That chapter of my life closed when I had a serious riding accident.
The period before the revolution is an interesting chapter in British history.
2 a group of people that is in charge of a religious community: --
3 any of the separate parts into which a book or other piece of text is divided, usually numbered or given a title --
4 a period that is part of a larger amount of time during which something happens: --
The Great Depression was a tragic chapter in the history of the nation.
5 a local division of a larger organization: --
This chapter is particularly interesting for the detailed case studies that follow, which illustrate the changes that children's phonological systems undergo during treatment.
In every chapter the narrative is given colour by local case studies from urban and rural congregations, brief vignettes of church leaders and telling incidents.
This chapter includes a significant amount of technical information that may be beyond the nonspecialist audience.
Some chapters remain mired in highly technical language, while others fail to transcend the limited social, cultural contexts of their studies.
The second part of the book contains only two chapters, each dealing with more technical aspects of the production process.
The chapter on data processing addresses these issues with a detailed discussion of the issues surrounding spot quantitation and data normalization.
The final chapter gives an inspiring overview of the complex problems surrounding market and non-market economic organisation.
The importance of epistatic modifiers was also stressed in chapters six and seven that deal with speculation and mimicry, respectively.