Meaning of CONCATENATION
| Pronunciation: | | kân`kat'neyshun
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- [n] the act of linking together as in a series or chain
- [n] a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
- [n] the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc; "it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances"
- [n] the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series
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| | See Also: | | catena, connectedness, connectedness, connection, connection, connection, connexion, connexion, joining, link, series | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*cat`e*na"tion\ (-n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
concatenatio.]
A series of links united; a series or order of things
depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a
succession.
The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation
of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's
will. --South.
A concatenation of explosions. --W. Irving.
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