concatenation

UK: /kɒnˌkætəˈneɪʃ^ən/ US: (kon kat′n ā′shən)

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con•cat•e•na•tion  (kon kat′n ā′shən), n. 

1. the act of concatenating.
2. the state of being concatenated;
   connection, as in a chain.
3. a series of interconnected or interdependent things or events.

• Late Latin concatēnātiōn- (stem of concatēnātiō), equivalent. to concatēnāt(us) concatenate + -iōn- -ion
• 1595–1605

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

concatenation / kɒnˌkætɪˈneɪʃən/ noun

1. a series of interconnected events, concepts, etc
2. the act of linking together or the state of being joined
3. a function that forms a single string of symbols from two given strings by placing the second after the first