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associative美 [ə'səʊʃiətɪv] 英 [ə'səʊʃiətɪv] 1. | 联想的relating to the association of ideas or things |
2. | 结合的giving the same result no matter what order the parts of a calculation are done, for example (a × b) × c = a × (b × c) |
adj. | 1. relating to the association of ideas, events, or experiences 2. giving the same result irrespective of the order taken, thus since a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c, addition is associative. Multiplication is also associative but subtraction and division are not. |
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