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Associative

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Adjective

1. associative, associatory

characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

Example Sentences:
'associative learning'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Associative

see synonyms of associative
adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or causing association or union
2. mathematics, logic
a. 
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)
b. 
referring to this property
the associative laws of arithmetic

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Associative

see synonyms of associative
adjective
1. 
of, characterized by, or causing association, as of ideas
2.  Ancient Mathematics
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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Associative

see synonyms of associative
adj.
1. Of, characterized by, resulting from, or causing association.
2. Mathematics Independent of the grouping of elements. For example, if a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c, the operation indicated by + is associative.

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