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as⋅so⋅ci⋅a⋅tion

  [uh-soh-see-ey-shuhn, -shee-]
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–noun
1. an organization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure.
2. the act of associating or state of being associated.
3. friendship; companionship: Their close association did not last long.
4. connection or combination.
5. the connection or relation of ideas, feelings, sensations, etc.; correlation of elements of perception, reasoning, or the like.
6. an idea, image, feeling, etc., suggested by or connected with something other than itself; an accompanying thought, emotion, or the like; an overtone or connotation: My associations with that painting are of springlike days.
7. Ecology. a group of plants of one or more species living together under uniform environmental conditions and having a uniform and distinctive aspect.
8. Chemistry. a weak form of chemical bonding involving aggregation of molecules of the same compound.
9. touch football.
10. Astronomy. stellar association.
Origin:
1525–35; (< MF) < ML associātiōn- (s. of associātiō). See associate, -ion

Related forms:
as⋅so⋅ci⋅a⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
1. alliance, union; society, company; band. 3. fellowship.
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stellar association

 
–noun Astronomy.
a sparsely populated group of between 10 and 1000 young stars of similar spectral type and common origin that are moving too fast to form a permanent, gravitationally bound system.
Also called association of stars, association.
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as·so·ci·a·tion   (ə-sō'sē-ā'shən, -shē-)   
n.  
  1. The act of associating or the state of being associated.
  2. An organized body of people who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common; a society.
    1. A mental connection or relation between thoughts, feelings, ideas, or sensations.
    2. A remembered or imagined feeling, emotion, idea, or sensation linked to a person, object, or idea.
  4. Chemistry Any of various processes of combination, such as hydration, solvation, or complex-ion formation, depending on relatively weak chemical bonding.
  5. Ecology A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species.
as·so'ci·a'tion·al adj.
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association   (ə-sō'sē-ā'shən, -shē-)  Pronunciation Key 
A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species.
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