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associative
adjective
- of, characterized by, or causing association, as of ideas
- Math. of or pertaining to an operation in which the result is the same regardless of the way the elements are grouped, as, in addition, 2 + (3 + 4) = (2 + 3) + 4 and in multiplication, 2(3 x 4) = (2 x 3)4
See associative in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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