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CONCATENATION
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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)
