concatenation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: concatenation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for concatenation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
concatenation n the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc; "it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances" a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" Synonym(s): chain, concatenation the act of linking together as in a series or chain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Concatenation \Concat`ena"tion\ (-n[amac]"sh[ucr]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. The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will. --South. A concatenation of explosions. --W. Irving.