ASSOCIATIVE | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Associative

Speech Type: Adjective

Audio Pronunciation:

Phonetic Spelling: əˈsəʊʃ(ɪ)ətɪv

Dialects: British English

Audio Pronunciation:

Phonetic Spelling: əˈsəʊsɪətɪv

Dialects: British English

Definition:

of or involving the association of things

Short Definition:

of or involving association of things

Examples:

making associative links

Definition:

involving the condition that a group of quantities connected by operators gives the same result whatever their grouping, i.e. in whichever order the operations are performed, as long as the order of the quantities remains the same, e.g. (a × b) × c = a × (b × c).

Short Definition:

involving condition that group of quantities connected by operators gives same result whatever their grouping