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as⋅so⋅ci⋅a⋅tion

[uh-soh-see-ey-shuhn, -shee-]
–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


as⋅so⋅ci⋅a⋅tion⋅al, adjective


1. alliance, union; society, company; band. 3. fellowship.

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.
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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.

  3. Chemistry Any of various processes of combination, such as hydration, solvation, or complex-ion formation, depending on relatively weak chemical bonding.

  4. 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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Main Entry: as·so·ci·a·tion
Function: noun
1 : a group of persons who share common interests or a common purpose and who are organized with varying degrees of formality —compare CORPORATION
2 : the act of having contact or communication with or keeping company with another association>
3 : the sharing (as by an aider and abettor) in the criminal intent of a person who commits a crime
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Main Entry: as·so·ci·a·tion
Pronunciation: &-"sO-sE-'A-sh&n, -shE-
Function: noun
1 : the act of associating
2 : something linked in memory or imagination with a thing or person
3 : the process of forming mental connections or bonds between sensations, ideas, or memories
4 : the aggregation of chemical species to form (as with hydrogen bonds) loosely bound chemical complexes —compare POLYMERIZATION 1as·so·ci·a·tion·al /-shn&l, -sh&n-&l/ adjective
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association as·so·ci·a·tion (ə-sō'sē-ā'shən, -shē-)
n.

  1. A connection of persons, things, or ideas by some common factor; union.

  2. A functional connection of two ideas, events, or psychological phenomena established through learning or experience.

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