concatenation

Example Sentences

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Therefore, this concatenation of expressions cannot be satisfied.

From Scientific American • Sep. 12, 2023

The term quasar is a concatenation of quasi-stellar radio source — so called because when they were first identified, astronomers like Hong-Yee Chiu, who coined the term, were completely baffled by these strange interstellar objects.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2023

That underpainting, rather than continuous from edge to edge across the surface, is a concatenation of independent patches, all different.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2022

The only clue to this seemingly accidental concatenation of stones are nine words lightly carved into one of the blocks: “Until real heroes bloom, this dusty plinth will wait.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

Civilization is not a fact; it is a series, a concatenation of facts, more or less logically united, and resulting from ideas often sufficiently diverse: ideas and facts continually reproduce each other.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)