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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series;

2. the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc;
- Example: "it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances"

3. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together;
- Example: "the chain of command"
- Example: "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
[syn: chain, concatenation]

4. the act of linking together as in a series or chain;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will. --South. [1913 Webster] A concatenation of explosions. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

concatenation n 1: the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series 2: the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc; "it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances" 3: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" [syn: chain, concatenation] 4: the act of linking together as in a series or chain