ALL meanings of associative
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A a - adjective associative Associative thoughts are things that you think of because you see, hear, or think of something that reminds you of those things or which you associate with those things. 3
- adjective associative of, relating to, or causing association or union 3
- adjective associative being independent of the grouping of numbers, symbols, or terms within a given set, as in conjunction or in an expression such as (2 × 3) × 4 = 2 × (3 × 4) 3
- adjective associative referring to this property 3
- adjective associative of, characterized by, or causing association, as of ideas 3
- adjective associative of or pertaining to an operation in which the result is the same regardless of the way the elements are grouped, as, in addition, 2 + (3 + 4) = (2 + 3) + 4 and in multiplication, 2(3 x 4) = (2 x 3)4 3
- adjective associative pertaining to or resulting from association. 1
- adjective associative tending to associate or unite. 1
- adjective associative Mathematics, Logic. (of an operation on a set of elements) giving an equivalent expression when elements are grouped without change of order, as (a + b) + c = a + (b + c). having reference to this property: associative law of multiplication. 1
- adjective associative involving association 1
- noun associative Of or involving the action of associating ideas or things. 1
- adjective associative Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite. 0
- adjective associative (algebra, of an operator ) such that, for any operands ,. 0
- adjective associative (computing) addressable by a key more complex than an integer index. 0