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concatenation|kɒnkætɪˈneɪʃən|
[ad. L. concatēnātiōn-em, n. of action f. concatēnā-re: see prec. and -ation; cf. F. concaténation.]
The action of concatenating, or the condition or relation of being concatenated.
1. Union by chaining or linking together; concatenated condition.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 162 The concatenation and coherence of these matters handled by Plutarch. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. iv. 22 That correspondence or concatenation, which is betweene the superiour globe and the inferiour. a1688Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Milit. Couple Wks. (1775) 129 The most affectionate couple..since the concatenation of Adam and Eve in Paradise. 1730A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 213 The demolishing the Coliseum, by reason of the Concatenation of the Stones and Iron Bracers, became a tough piece of Work.
b. An instance of chaining or linking together.
1657S. Purchas Pol. Flying-Ins. i. i. 2 So many..joints, connexions, and concatenations.. in so small a fabrick.
2. esp. Union in a series or chain, of which the things united form as it were links.
1614T. Adams Devil's Banquet 296 Hee..hath power to adde plagues with an euerlasting concatenation. 1678Norris Misc. (1699) 372 Those Dispensations, which separately taken, appear harsh,..in concatenation..conspire to the Beauty and Interest of the whole. 1761Brit. Mag. II. 131 To imagine him so careless about the concatination of events. 1841–71T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 532 Their separation from the chain is always to be ascribed to accidental violence..concatenation is so essential to the existence of the animals that they soon perish if separated from the rest. 1867Lewes Hist. Philos. II. 218 The necessary concatenation of ideas which should reproduce the concatenation of objects is destroyed.
3. quasi-concr. A concatenated series or system, an interdependent or unbroken sequence, a ‘chain’:
a. material.
1726J. Dart Canterb. Cathedr. 8 A Wall or Concatination of marble Slabs..surrounding the Choir. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps iv. §4. 98 This vile concatenation of straight lines. 1874J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Par. Churches 72 [Organ⁓pipes] mere concatenations of zinc chimney-cans.
b. non-material.
1622–62Heylin Cosmogr. iii. (1682) 30 A long concatenation of felicity. 1656Hobbes Liberty, Necess., & Ch. (1841) 105 Nor doth the concourse of all causes make one simple chain or concatenation. 1753Johnson in Adventurer No. 107 ⁋3 Taking in the whole concatenation of causes and effects. 1880V. Lee Stud. Italy vi. ii. 262 A concatenation of bungles and contradictions. |