concatenation

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.

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

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con·cate·nation n.

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concatenation

Noun

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

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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.	concatenation - a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" chain 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"