concatenation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series
  2. noun the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc
    • it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances
  3. noun a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
    chain.
    • the chain of command
    • a complicated concatenation of circumstances
  4. noun the act of linking together as in a series or chain

WordNet

Con*cat`e*na"tion noun
Etymology
L. concatenatio.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913