Dictionary Entry
concatenation
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/kɑn.ˌkæt.ɪ.ˈneɪ.ʃən/Word FrequencyUncommon (3.34)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
In a Sentence
“The programmer used string concatenation to join the two pieces of text into a single phrase.”
Published Usage Examples
“The portentious concatenation is a parallel post by another well-known non-philosopher, P. Z.Meyers.”
“Nature had formed honest Meg for such encounters; and as her noble soul delighted in them, so her outward properties were in what Tony Lumpkin calls a concatenation accordingly.”
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Origin
From Latin 'concatenare', meaning 'to link together'.
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