concatenation

(computer science) An operation in which a number of conceptually related components are linked together to form a larger, organizationally similar entity. In string processing, the synthesis of longer character strings from shorter ones.
(electricity) A method of speed control of induction motors in which the rotors of two wound-rotor motors are mechanically coupled together and the stator of the second motor is supplied with power from the rotor slip rings of the first motor.
(engineering acoustics) The linking together of phonemes to produce meaningful sounds.

Union by chaining parts together, as with separate architectural elements in a long façade (each with its own roof and separate composition), the fronts being brought forward or recessed, also called staccato composition. Concatenated façades were favoured by William Kent and other Palladians for articulation. See also additive.