Definition of Concatenate

1. Verb. Combine two strings to form a single one.

Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Chain
Derivative terms: Concatenation

2. Verb. Add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series. "Concatenate characters"
Generic synonyms: Add
Derivative terms: Concatenation

Definition of Concatenate

1. v. t. To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another.

Definition of Concatenate

1. Verb. To join or link together, as though in a chain. ¹

2. Verb. Computer instruction to join two strings together. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Concatenate

1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Medical Definition of Concatenate

1. Denoting the arrangement of a number of structures, e.g., enlarged lymph glands, in a row like the links of a chain. Origin: L. Con-cateno, pp. -atus, to link together, fr. Catena, a chain (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Concatenate

conbulker
conbulkers
concamerate
concamerated
concamerates
concamerating
concameration
concamerations
concanamycin
concanavalin
concanavalins
concatamer
concatamers
concatemer
concatemers
concatenate (current term)
concatenated
concatenates
concatenating
concatenation
concatenations
concatenative
concatenator
concatener
concause
concauses
concavation
concavations
concave
concave lens

Literary usage of Concatenate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Programming in Lua by Roberto Ierusalimschy (2003)
"To concatenate strings, Lua provides a specific function in its API, ... Moreover, it can concatenate more than two strings at once. ..."

2. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George. Massee (1893)
"Characterised by the globose or broadly elliptical, bright- coloured or colourless conidia being arranged in a concatenate or moniliform manner. ..."

3. SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference:: Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Volumes 1-4 by SAS Institute (2006)
"You can use the LIBNAME statement to implicitly concatenate SAS catalogs. Examples Example 1: Assigning and Using a Catalog Concatenation You might need to ..."

4. Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS(R) Software by SAS Institute (2001)
"If the data sets that you name in the SET statement contain variables with the same names and types, then you can concatenate the data sets without ..."

5. The Analyst Application by SAS Institute (2003)
"After you concatenate the two data sets, you split the rating column by sample ... In the concatenate Tables by Rows dialog, click on the Open SAS Data ..."

6. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for UNIX Environments by Institute SAS Institute (2004)
"After all of the tapes have been unloaded, you can use the cat command to concatenate all of the pieces in the correct order. ..."

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