associative.
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
Meaning & usage
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English associate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English associative From associate + -ive.
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