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concatenation

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con⋅cat⋅e⋅na⋅tion

  [kon-kat-n-ey-shuhn]
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–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
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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

  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.
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Word Origin & History

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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