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3 dictionary results for: Associativity
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as·so·ci·a·tive       [uh-soh-shee-ey-tiv, -see-, -shuh-tiv] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.pertaining to or resulting from association.
2.tending to associate or unite.
3.Mathematics, Logic.
a.(of an operation on a set of elements) giving an equivalent expression when elements are grouped without change of order, as (a + b) + c = a + (b + c).
b.having reference to this property: associative law of multiplication.
[Origin: 1805–15; associate + -ive]

—Related forms
as·so·ci·a·tive·ly       [uh-soh-shee-ey-tiv-lee, -uh-tiv-, -see-] Pronunciation Key, adverb
as·so·ci·a·tiv·i·ty       [uh-soh-shee-uh-tiv-i-tee, -see-, -shuh-tiv-] Pronunciation Key, as·so·ci·a·tive·ness, noun
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as·so·ci·a·tive       (ə-sō'shē-ā'tĭv, -sē-, -shə-tĭv)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of, characterized by, resulting from, or causing association.
  2. Mathematics Independent of the grouping of elements. For example, if a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c, the operation indicated by + is associative.

as·so'ci·a'tive·ly adv., as·so'ci·a'tiv'i·ty (-shē-ə-tĭv'ĭ-tē, -sē-, -shə-tĭv'-) n.
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associativity programming
The property of an operator that says whether a sequence of three or more expressions combined by the operator will be evaluated from left to right (left associative) or right to left (right associative). For example, in Perl, the lazy and operator && is left associative so in the expression:
$i >= 0 && $x[$i] >= 0 && $y[$x[$i]] == 0
the left-most && is evaluated first, whereas = is right associative, so in
$a = $b = 42
the right-most assignment is performed first.
(2007-06-16)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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