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concatenation

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con·cat·e·nate  (kn-ktn-t, kn-)
tr.v. con·cat·e·nat·ed, con·cat·e·nat·ing, con·cat·e·nates
1. To connect or link in a series or chain.
2. Computer Science To arrange (strings of characters) into a chained list.
adj. (-nt, -nt)
Connected or linked in a series.

[Late Latin concatnre, concatnt- : com-, com- + catnre, to bind (from Latin catna, chain).]

con·cate·nation n.

concatenation
Noun
Formal a series of linked events [Latin com- together + catena chain]

Concatenation a chain; a sequence of things or sounds dependent on each other. See also catena, chain.
Examples: concatenation of bungles and contradictions, 1880; of causes and effects, 1753; of explosions; of felicity, 1622; of ideas, 1867; of orgiasts; of straight lines, 1845.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.concatenation - the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series
connectedness, connection, link - the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
2.concatenation - the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc; "it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances"
connection, connexion, connectedness - a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
3.concatenationconcatenation - a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
catena - a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma)
daisy chain - (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences
series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
4.concatenation - the act of linking together as in a series or chain
joining, connexion, connection - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"

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It was a pictorial sheet, and Jo examined the work of art nearest her, idly wondering what fortuitous concatenation of circumstances needed the melodramatic illustration of an Indian in full war costume, tumbling over a precipice with a wolf at his throat, while two infuriated young gentlemen, with unnaturally small feet and big eyes, were stabbing each other close by, and a disheveled female was flying away in the background with her mouth wide open.
I have bewildered myself so--but one is apt, in these abstracted considerations, to lose the concatenation of ideas, as Mr Locke says:--in short, the truth is--in short, I scarce know what it is; but, as I was saying, my husband returned, and his behaviour, at first, greatly surprized me; but he soon acquainted me with the motive, and taught me to account for it.
The machine had begun, and a moving concatenation of three horses and the aforesaid long rickety machine was visible over the gate, a driver sitting upon one of the hauling horses, and an attendant on the seat of the implement.
 
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