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CONCATENATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of linking together as in a series or chain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("concatenation" is a kind of...):

connection; connexion; joining (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication))

Derivation:

concatenate (add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A series of things depending on each other as if linked together

Example:

a complicated concatenation of circumstances

Synonyms:

chain; concatenation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("concatenation" is a kind of...):

series (similar things placed in order or happening one after another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concatenation"):

catena (a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma))

daisy chain ((figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc

Example:

it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("concatenation" is a kind of...):

connectedness; connection; connexion (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it))

Sense 4

Meaning:

The state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("concatenation" is a kind of...):

connectedness; connection; link (the state of being connected)

Derivation:

concatenate (combine two strings to form a single one)

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