2. A chamber of a multilocular shell. Glanvill.

Con*cat"e*nate (k&obreve;n*kăt"&esl;*nāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concatenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concatenating.] [L. concatenatus, p. p. of concatenare to concatenate. See Catenate.] To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another.

This all things friendly will concatenate.

Dr. H. More

Con*cat`e*na"tion (-nā"shŭn), n. [L. concatenatio.] A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will.

South.

A concatenation of explosions.

W. Irving.

Con*cause" (-k&add;z"), n. A joint cause. Fotherby.

Con`ca*va"tion (k&obreve;&nsm;`k&adot;*vā"shŭn), n. The act of making concave.

Con"cave (k&obreve;&nsm;*kā*v" or k&obreve;n"-; 277), a. [L. concavus; con- + cavus hollow: cf. F. concave. See Cave a hollow.] 1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky.

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