"associativity" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-associativity.wav Forms: associativities [plural]
Etymology: From associative + -ity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{suffix|en|associative|ity}} associative + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun}} associativity (plural associativities)
  1. (algebra) The condition of being associative. Categories (topical): Algebra Translations (condition of being associative): asociativita [feminine] (Czech), associativitet [common-gender] (Danish), liitännäisyys (Finnish), assosiatiivisuus (Finnish), associativité [feminine] (French), Assoziativität [feminine] (German), tengni [feminine] (Icelandic), comhthiomsaitheacht [feminine] (Irish), 結合性 (ketsugōsei) (Japanese), ассоциативтік (assosiativtık) (Kazakh), ассоциативтілік (assosiativtılık) (Kazakh), łączność działania [feminine] (Polish), asocjatywność [feminine] (Polish), associatividade [feminine] (Portuguese), asociativitate [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-associativity-en-noun-7kbTq8tk Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'condition of being associative': 95 5
  2. (programming) The property of an operator which determines how it is grouped with operators of the same precedence in the absence of parentheses. Categories (topical): Programming
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coassociativity, heteroassociativity, nonassociativity Related terms: left-associative, right-associative, non-associative

Inflected forms

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