associative

English

Etymology

From associate +‎ -ive.

Adjective

associative (comparative more associative, superlative most associative)

1. Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
2. (algebra, of an operator $*$) such that, for any operands $a, b, c$, $(a * b) * c = a * (b * c)$
3. (computing) addressable by a key more complex than an integer index

   Awk's associative arrays may be indexed by strings.

   Associative memories were once given considerable attention.

Derived terms

• antiassociative

Translations

algebraic property of an operator

• Catalan: associatiu (ca)
• Czech: asociativní (cs)
• Finnish: assosiatiivinen (fi)
• French: associatif (fr)
• German: assoziativ (de)
• Greek: προσεταιριστικός (el) (prosetairistikós)
• Hungarian: asszociatív (hu)

• Icelandic: tenginn (is) m, tengi- (is)
• Italian: associativo (it)
• Polish: łączny (pl)
• Portuguese: associativo (pt) m, associativa (pt) f
• Spanish: asociativo (es)
• Swedish: associativ (sv)
• Turkish: birleşmeli (tr)

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• Arabic: تجميعية (ar)
• French: associatif (fr)
• Spanish: asociativo (es)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.sɔ.sja.tiv/, X-SAMPA: /a.sO.sja.tiv/

Adjective

associative

1. feminine form of associatif

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Italian

Adjective

associative f

1. Feminine plural form of associativo

Anagrams

• associatevi

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Swedish

Adjective

associative

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of associativ.