Concatenation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Concatenation \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.
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           The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation
           of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's
           will.                                    --South.
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           A concatenation of explosions.           --W. Irving.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  concatenation
       n 1: the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a
            linked series
       2: the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or
          events or ideas etc; "it was caused by an improbable
          concatenation of circumstances"
       3: a series of things depending on each other as if linked
          together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated
          concatenation of circumstances" [syn: {chain}]
       4: the act of linking together as in a series or chain