Constellation vs Concatenation - What's the difference?
constellation | concatenation |
An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure or pattern.
An image associated with a group of stars.
(astronomy) Any of the 88 officially recognized regions of the sky, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region.
(astrology) The configuration of planets at a given time (notably of birth), as used for determining a horoscope.
(figuratively) A wide, seemingly unlimited assortment.
* A constellation of possibilities.
* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=2 A configuration or grouping.
* Your computer's software constellation helps you do your work faster.
(countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
* 1927 , Albert Einstein, as quoted by H. G. Kessler in The Diary of a Cosmopolitan (1971)
(uncountable) The application of these series of links.
(programming) Operation of joining multiple character strings.
As nouns the difference between constellation and concatenation
is that constellation is constellation while concatenation is (countable) a series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.constellation
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Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
Synonyms
* (arbitrary formation of stars) asterism * See alsoDerived terms
* constellatorySee also
* ("constellation" on Wikipedia) * asterism * ----concatenation
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(Wikipedia)Noun
- Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible concatenations , there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable.