(ˌ)känˌkad.əˈnāshən, kən-, -atəˈnā-, -at ə nˈā- noun
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Etymology: Late Latin concatenation-, concatenatio, from concatenatus + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : the act of concatenating
b. : the state of being concatenated : union in a linked series
2. : a series of links united : a series or order of things depending on each other as if linked together : chain
a complicated concatenation of circumstances — Frederick Johnson