concatenation of events

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• concatenation — con|cat|e|na|tion [kɔnˌkætıˈneıʃən US ka:n ] n [U and C] formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of concatenare to link in a chain , from Latin com ( COM ) + catena chain ] a series of events or things joined together one …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• concatenation — noun (C, U) formal a series of events or things joined together one after another: a strange concatenation of events …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• concatenation — [kən kat΄ n ā′shən, känkat΄ n ā shən] n. [LL concatenatio: see CONCATENATE] 1. a linking together or being linked together in a series 2. a series of things or events regarded as causally or dependently connected …   English World dictionary

• concatenation — [[t]kɒnkæ̱təne͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu N of n A concatenation of things or events is their occurrence one after another, because they are linked. [FORMAL] ...the concatenation of crisis conditions in seventeenth century Europe …   English dictionary

• concatenation — UK [kənˌkætəˈneɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms concatenation : singular concatenation plural concatenations very formal a series of related events …   English dictionary

• concatenation — noun 1. the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series • Derivationally related forms: ↑concatenate • Hypernyms: ↑connection, ↑link, ↑connectedness 2. the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events… …   Useful english dictionary

• concatenation — /kon kat n ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of concatenating. 2. the state of being concatenated; connection, as in a chain. 3. a series of interconnected or interdependent things or events. [1595 1605; < LL concatenation (s. of concatenatio), equiv. to …   Universalium

• concatenation — [17] A concatenation is literally a ‘chain’ of events or occurrences. It is a derivative of the seldom encountered verb concatenate [16], which comes from Latin concatēnāre ‘chain together, link’, a compound verb formed from the prefix com… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• concatenation — [17] A concatenation is literally a ‘chain’ of events or occurrences. It is a derivative of the seldom encountered verb concatenate [16], which comes from Latin concatēnāre ‘chain together, link’, a compound verb formed from the prefix com… …   Word origins

• concatenation — con·cat·e·na·tion (kən kat″ə naґshən) a series of events or objects occurring together or in sequence …   Medical dictionary

• concatenation — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A linking together in a series] Syn. connecting, uniting, linking; see link , order 3 , union 1 . 2. [A series of interconnected events] Syn. succession, chain, connection; see chain , sequence 1 , series …   English dictionary for students