different between concatenation vs spate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin concaten?ti?. Related to chain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n.?kæt.?.?ne?.??n/, /k?n.?kæt.?.?ne?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

concatenation (countable and uncountable, plural concatenations)

1. (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)

     Try and penetrate with our limited means of the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible concatenations, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable.

2. (uncountable) The application of these series of links.
3. (programming) The operation of joining multiple character strings.
4. (programming) A character string formed by joining multiple character strings.

Translations

See also

• concatenate

English

Etymology

Of Celtic origin; compare Irish speid. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spe?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t
• Homophone: speight

Noun

spate (plural spates)

1. A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
   • c.1856-1885, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette, in Idylls of the King,

     The last tall son of Lot and Bellicent,

     And tallest, Gareth, in a showerful spring

     Stared at the spate. A slender-shafted Pine

     Lost footing, fell, and so was whirled away.

   • 1900, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great Boer War,

     At Odendaal, where he had hoped to cross, the river was in spate, the British flag waved from a post upon the further side, and a strong force of expectant Guardsmen eagerly awaited him there.

   • 1902, Jack London, A Daughter of the Snows,

     The glacial drip was already in evidence, and every creek in roaring spate.

   • 1910, John Buchan, Prester John,

     At the edge of the burn, where the path turns downward, there is a patch of shingle washed up by some spate.

2. (by extension) A sudden rush or increase.
   • 17thC, Thomas Browne (translator), To a friend intending a difficult work, from a Latin original, published in Collected works of Sir Thomas Browne (1836),

     Only let your language match your subject, then it will be shapely and free; but take care all the time not to overwhelm your work in a spate of words to attain the fluency of Isaeus; and that it slip not out too freely, avoid the danger of Strada.

   • 1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thrawn Janet, in The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables,

     He couldnae weel tell how - maybe it was the cauld to his feet - but it cam' in upon him wi' a spate that there was some connection between thir twa, an' that either or baith o' them were bogles.

   • 1964, United States Supreme Court, Reynolds v. Sims: Opinion of the Court,

     The spate of similar cases filed and decided by lower courts since our decision in Baker [v. Carr] amply shows that the problem of state legislative malapportionment is one that is perceived to exist in a large number of the States.

   • 2009 April, Australia Tibet Council, Australia Tibet Council report: Courting The Dragon,

     A recent spate of controversies, including Chinese mineral giant Chinalco’s Rio Tinto bid and revelations of hushed meetings between the Chinese propaganda chief and Australian media bosses, have once again brought the issue of our deepening relationship with China to the fore.

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “spate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Pesta, aspet, paste, pates, peats, pâtés, sepat, septa, septa-, speat, stape, tapes, tepas

Italian

Noun

spate f

1. plural of spata

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin spathae, plural of spatha, from Ancient Greek ????? (spáth?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spate/

Noun

spate n (plural spate)

1. back (anatomy)
2. back (part, side) of something
3. shoulder

Declension

Synonyms

• (back): dos, spinare
• (shoulder): um?r

Derived terms

• în spate

Related terms

• spat?