con ‧ cat ‧ e ‧ na ‧ tion /kɒnˌkætəˈneɪʃ ə n, kɒnˌkætɪˈneɪʃ ə n $ kɑːn-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] formal
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: past participle of concatenare 'to link in a chain' , from Latin com- ( ⇨ COM- ) + catena 'chain' ]
a series of events or things joined together one after another
concatenation of
a strange concatenation of events