I. kän-ˈka-tə-nət, kən- adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin concatenatus, past participle of concatenare to link together, from Latin com- + catena chain
Date: 15th century
: linked together
II. -ˌnāt transitive verb
( -nat·ed ; -nat·ing )
Date: 1598
: to link together in a series or chain
• con·cat·e·na·tion (ˌ)kän-ˌka-tə-ˈnā-shən, kən- noun