concatenation
/kɑnˌkæt.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
concatenation means A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession. It carries an Arena rating of 1682, earned across 10 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, concatenation ranks #412 of 17,142 for Most Ingenious Words, #1,190 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #1,277 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #1,704 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words.
concatenation is pronounced /kɑnˌkæt.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/.
Why “concatenation” is a great word
A series of things linked together, forming a connected chain. From Late Latin concatenationem (nominative concatenatio), meaning 'a linking together,' from concatenare 'to link together,' from Latin con- 'with, together' + catena 'chain,' first recorded in English c. 1600. Unlike a “sequence,” which is a simple succession, or an “aggregation,” a mere gathering, concatenation insists upon the tangible chain between each element. It is the cold clink of a freight car coupling to its neighbor, the deliberate clasp of one vertebra to the next, or the methodical joining of paperclips into a growing loop—each link a quiet promise that what is bound will not easily come apart, that continuity is forged, not assumed.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin concatenātiō. Related to chain.
noun
- A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.e.g.“Try and penetrate with our limited means of the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible concatenations, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable.” — 1927, Albert Einstein, as quoted by H. G. Kessler in The Diary of a Cosmopolitan (1971)
- The application of these series of links.
- The operation of joining multiple character strings.
- A character string formed by joining multiple character strings.
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