concatenation
n 1: the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a
linked series
2: the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or
events or ideas etc; "it was cause by an improbable
concatenation of circumstances"
3: a series of things depending on each other as if linked
together: "the chain of command"; "a complicated
concatenation of circumstances" [syn: {chain}]
4: the act of linking together as in a series or chain