associative
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Definitions ofassociative
- Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
- (of a binary operator *) 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.
Example: "AWK's associative arrays may be indexed by strings."
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