ALL meanings of associativity
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A a - noun associativity the quality of being associative 3
- adjective associativity pertaining to or resulting from association. 1
- adjective associativity tending to associate or unite. 1
- adjective associativity Mathematics, Logic. (of an operation on a set of elements) giving an equivalent expression when elements are grouped without change of order, as (a + b) + c = a + (b + c). having reference to this property: associative law of multiplication. 1
- noun associativity (algebra) the condition of being associative. 1
- noun Definition of associativity in Technology (programming) The property of an operator that says whether a sequence of three or more expressions combined by the operator will be evaluated from left to right (left associative) or right to left (right associative). For example, in Perl, the lazy and operator && is left associative so in the expression: $i >= 0 && $x[$i] >= 0 && $y[$x[$i]] == 0 the left-most && is evaluated first, whereas = is right associative, so in $a = $b = 42 the right-most assignment is performed first. 1