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US
/kənˌkætəˈneɪʃən/
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[ UK /kənkˌætənˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /kənkˌætənˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the act of linking together as in a series or chain
- the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series
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a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
a complicated concatenation of circumstances
the chain of command -
the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc
it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances
How To Use concatenation In A Sentence
- It is hard not to see in the title of this thin book a concatenation of nullities. The Times Literary Supplement
- The concatenation of al and gebra is the same as that of algeb and ra, illustrating associativity of concatenation for the case x = al, y = geb, z = ra. Algebra
- And this linkage, this so-called concatenation or coming together of effects unifying these vastly different domains of nature, is one of the most compelling aspects in this field.
- I think the idea of 'concatenation' is a useful way to approach the heterogeneity of the social, but I wonder at the same time whether it doesn't cover over some difficult questions. Heterogeneity of the social
- Union of various grades, union of diverse types, union that stops at non-conductors, union that merely goes from next to next, and means in many cases outer nextness only, and not a more internal bond, union of concatenation, in short; all that sort of thing seems to you a halfway stage of thought. Pragmatism
- Studied tones were represented as vectors comprising two 10-element fields, one representing pitch and the other duration, with concatenation representing feature pairings.
- There's also a mounting seriousness of tone that doesn't sit entirely well with the plot's concatenation of coincidences and unlikelihoods.
- You put the whole concatenation into the largest cauldron you've got, stir well, dance three times moonwise around the nearest deposit of nickel-zinc and ... but enough secrets, lad. A Corridor in the Asylum
- Virtual concatenation is an inverse multiplexing technique that allows the grouping of any number of SONET STS-n channels to create a VCG (virtual concatenation group) to transport data streams.
- It is what I call the strung-along type, the type of continuity, contiguity, or concatenation. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy