associative
Pronunciation: /əˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv/
The English word “associative” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
- Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
- Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Etymology
From associate + -ive.
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More English words
- associationism
- associationist
- associationistic
- associatism
- associative algebra
- associative array
- associative case
- associative plural
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