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concatenation [kən‚kat·ən′ā·shən] (computer science) An operation in which a number of conceptually related components are linked together to form a larger, organizationally similar entity. In string processing, the synthesis of longer character strings from shorter ones. (electricity) A method of speed control of induction motors in which the rotors of two wound-rotor motors are mechanically coupled together and the stator of the second motor is supplied with power from the rotor slip rings of the first motor. (engineering acoustics) The linking together of phonemes to produce meaningful sounds. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It was a pictorial sheet, and Jo examined the work of art nearest her, idly wondering what fortuitous concatenation of circumstances needed the melodramatic illustration of an Indian in full war costume, tumbling over a precipice with a wolf at his throat, while two infuriated young gentlemen, with unnaturally small feet and big eyes, were stabbing each other close by, and a disheveled female was flying away in the background with her mouth wide open. I have bewildered myself so--but one is apt, in these abstracted considerations, to lose the concatenation of ideas, as Mr Locke says:--in short, the truth is--in short, I scarce know what it is; but, as I was saying, my husband returned, and his behaviour, at first, greatly surprized me; but he soon acquainted me with the motive, and taught me to account for it. The machine had begun, and a moving concatenation of three horses and the aforesaid long rickety machine was visible over the gate, a driver sitting upon one of the hauling horses, and an attendant on the seat of the implement. |
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