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Concatenate - 5 dictionary results

con⋅cat⋅e⋅nate

[kon-kat-n-eyt] verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to link together; unite in a series or chain.
–adjective
2. linked together, as in a chain.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME (ptp.) < LL concatēnātus (ptp. of concatēnāre), equiv. to con- con- + L catēn(a) chain + -ātus -ate 1


con⋅cat⋅e⋅na⋅tor, noun
con·cat·e·nate   (kŏn-kāt'n-āt', kən-)   
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.   (-nĭt, -nāt')
Connected or linked in a series.

[Late Latin concatēnāre, concatēnāt- : com-, com- + catēnāre, to bind (from Latin catēna, chain).]
con·cat'e·na'tion n.

Concatenate

Con*cat"e*nate\ (k[o^]n*k[a^]t"[-e]*n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concatenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concatenating.] [L. concatenatus, p. p. of concatenare to concatenate. See Catenate.] To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another.

This all things friendly will concatenate. --Dr. H. More

Main Entry: con·cat·e·nate
Pronunciation: kän-'kat-&-n&t, k&n-
Function: adjective
: linked together

concatenate
To join together two or more files or lists to form one big one.
The Unix cat command can be used to concatenate files.
(1995-12-22)

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