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associative

 
   
A property of a binary operation. * defined on a set such that, for all a, b, c in the set, a * (b * c) is the same as (a * b) * c.For example, on the set of integers, addition is associative but subtraction is nonassociative, since 3 - (2 - 1) is not equal to (3 - 2) - 1.  

 

 

 
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