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con⋅cat⋅e⋅na⋅tion
[kon-kat-n-ey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | the act of concatenating. |
| 2. | the state of being concatenated; connection, as in a chain. |
| 3. | a series of interconnected or interdependent things or events. |
Origin:
1595–1605; < LL concatēnātiōn- (s. of concatēnātiō), equiv. to concatēnāt(us) concatenate + -iōn- -ion
1595–1605; < LL concatēnātiōn- (s. of concatēnātiō), equiv. to concatēnāt(us) concatenate + -iōn- -ion
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| 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
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. |
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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. 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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concatenation
1603, from L.L. concatenatus, pp. of concatenare "to link together," from com- "together" + catenare, from catena "a chain."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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