concatenation

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concatenation

  • /kɑnˌkæt.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
  • /kənˌkæt.əˈneɪ.ʃən/

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Borrowed from Latin concatēnātiō. By surface analysis, concatenate + -ion. Related to chain.

noun concatenations

  1. countable A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession. The Hebrew word for man in general is adam, the word for ground is adamah, and the word for red is adom; so that by a natural and almost necessary concatenation of causes we arrive at the conclusion that our first parent was modelled out of red earth.
  2. uncountable The application of these series of links. We also discuss the faults to which the intermediate systems that execute these concatenation tasks are liable; the consequences of such faults include end-to-end PDUs being misforwarded, proliferating without limit, or simply disappearing into “black holes.”
  3. countable, uncountable The operation of joining multiple character strings.
  4. countable, uncountable A character string formed by joining multiple character strings.

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noun programming: joining two or more character strings

हिन्दीशृंखलाबंधन śŕṅkhlābandhan
Françaisconcaténation
Ελληνικάσυνένωση synénosi

noun programming: result of joining two or more character strings

Françaisconcaténation
Ελληνικάσυνένωση synénosi

noun series of links united

Españolconcomitancia
日本語連結 renketsu
中文連鎖 /连锁 liánsuǒ, 連結 /连结 liánjié, 相連 /相连 xiānglián
हिन्दीसंशृंखलन sañśŕṅkhlan
Françaisenchaînement
DeutschVerkettung, Konkatenation
Русскийсцепле́ние sceplénije, конкатена́ция konkatenácija, цепь cepʹ
עבריתהִשְׁתַלְשְׁלוּת hishtalshelút

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@misc{concatenation_2026,
  title = {concatenation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/concatenation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}