concatenation

英[kənkætə'neɪʃn] 美[kən'kætə'neʃən]

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 caused 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"

4. the act of linking together as in a series or chain