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1. Characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
   "associative learning";
   - associatory
    
2. (mathematics) giving the same result regardless of grouping, i.e. so that a*(b*c)=(a*b)*c for some binary operation *

See also: associable

Antonym: nonassociative

Encyclopedia: Associative