CONCATENATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concatenation mean? 

• CONCATENATION (noun)
  The noun CONCATENATION has 4 senses:

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

3. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

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

  Familiarity information: CONCATENATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCATENATION (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Context example:

it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances

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 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

chain; concatenation

Context example:

a complicated concatenation of circumstances

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 4

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)

 Context examples 

It was a pictorial sheet, and Jo examined the work of art nearest her, idly wondering what fortuitous concatenation of circumstances needed the melodramatic illustration of an Indian in full war costume, tumbling over a precipice with a wolf at his throat, while two infuriated young gentlemen, with unnaturally small feet and big eyes, were stabbing each other close by, and a disheveled female was flying away in the background with her mouth wide open.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)