associative

IPA: ʌsˈoʊʃieɪtɪv

Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.

Examples of "associative" in Sentences

Sometimes they centered themselves in the present moment, which is called associative thinking.
If the parenthesis-free notation is tolerated in general logical exposition, this is because ¨ is associative, that is, the wffs
In the rat cortex, long-term associative memories vanished rapidly after local application of an inhibitor of the protein kinase C isoform, protein kinase M zeta PKMzeta.
It is as if what are sometimes called the associative fibers, both ends of which are in the brain, were dwarfed in comparison with the afferent and efferent fibers that mediate sense and motion.
The babblings and squigglings may be pretty or ugly, may carry certain associative meanings, (I think “e” is sort of … endearingly cute as a visual figurae, in its smiley muppetyness,) but these figurae are mostly just jabber and daubings until they’re built-up into morphemes, the smallest units that can have meaning.