Adjective: associative u'sow-shee,ey-tiv [N. Amer], u'sow-shee-u-tiv [Brit]
- Characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
"associative learning";
- associatory
- (mathematics) giving the same result regardless of grouping, i.e. so that a*(bc)=(ab)*c for some binary operation *
"Addition is an associative operation"
See also: associable
Antonym: nonassociative
Encyclopedia: Associative