concatenate

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 4, 2023 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>concatenate</strong> &#149; \kahn-KAT-uh-nayt\&nbsp; &#149; <em>verb</em><br /> <p><em>Concatenate</em> is a formal word that means “to link together in a series or chain.”</p> <p>// Most household garbage bags are <em>concatenated</em> on rolls and connected at their perforated edges for easy tearing. </p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concatenate">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>“Smell <em>is</em> intimacy made sensate. Its knowledge precedes words. Smelling makes people uncomfortable because it mashes all the <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limbic">limbic</a> buttons and leaves us bereft of language. Unlike vision, which surveys and controls a scene from an emotional distance, smells act on us instantly and make us relinquish our agency. All this can deepen immersion. Most importantly, smell matters because all our senses <em>concatenate</em> and build on each other. Smell is a ‘support’ sense: not always noticeable, but often operating powerfully under the radar, and easily activating strong emotions, judgments, and memories without conscious thought.” — Jude Stewart, <em>Wired</em>, 31 July 2022</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Concatenate</em> is a fancy word for a simple thing: it means “to link together in a series or chain.” It’s Latin in origin, formed from a word combining <em>con</em>-, meaning “with” or “together,” and <em>catena</em>, meaning “chain. ” (The word <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chain"><em>chain</em></a> is also linked directly to <em>catena</em>.) <em>Concatenate</em> can also function in English as an adjective meaning “linked together,” as in “concatenate strings of characters,” but it’s rare beyond technology contexts. More common t