Meaning ofassociativein English

Adjective

1. relating to association; uniting concepts
   The associative property of addition allows us to rearrange numbers.
2. describing binary operators with a specific order property
   The researcher studied associative learning in psychology experiments.
3. characterizing algebraic operations with a consistent result
   In computer science, associative arrays are used for efficient data storage.
4. addressable by a complex key (non-integer index)
   The associative memory model helps explain how we recall related information.