Associative
adjective
Relating to or involving association or connection.
Associative memory allows us to recall information related to a specific topic.
Often appears as...
- associative memory
- associative learning
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Academic
adjective
In mathematics, it defines a type of operation that can be rearranged without changing the result.
Addition and multiplication are associative operations because (a+b)+c equals a+(b+c) and (ab)c equals a(bc).
Often appears as...
- associative property
- associative operation
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Academic
adjective
In computing, it refers to data storage where items can be retrieved by a part of the original data, rather than by a specific location.
An associative array in many programming languages allows retrieval of values by their key.
Often appears as...
- associative memory
- associative array
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Technical
adjective
Relating to or involving association or connection.
Associative memory allows us to recall information related to a specific topic.
Often appears as...
- associative memory
- associative learning
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
In mathematics, it defines a type of operation that can be rearranged without changing the result.
Addition and multiplication are associative operations because (a+b)+c equals a+(b+c) and (ab)c equals a(bc).
Often appears as...
- associative property
- associative operation
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
In computing, it refers to data storage where items can be retrieved by a part of the original data, rather than by a specific location.
An associative array in many programming languages allows retrieval of values by their key.
Often appears as...
- associative memory
- associative array
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Memory Recall
Associative relates to remembering connected ideas or experiences.
Her associative thoughts linked the smell of cookies to her grandmother's kitchen.
Pro Tip 2/3Psychology Term
In psychology, associative learning connects two stimuli or experiences together.
Pavlov's dogs showed associative learning by salivating at the sound of a bell.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical
Associative doesn't mean a physical connection but a mental or logical one.
Detective work often relies on associative reasoning to solve cases.
Pro Tip 1/3Memory Recall
Associative relates to remembering connected ideas or experiences.
Her associative thoughts linked the smell of cookies to her grandmother's kitchen.
Pro Tip 2/3Psychology Term
In psychology, associative learning connects two stimuli or experiences together.
Pavlov's dogs showed associative learning by salivating at the sound of a bell.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical
Associative doesn't mean a physical connection but a mental or logical one.
Detective work often relies on associative reasoning to solve cases.
Pro Tip 1/3Memory Recall
Associative relates to remembering connected ideas or experiences.
Her associative thoughts linked the smell of cookies to her grandmother's kitchen.
Pro Tip 2/3Psychology Term
In psychology, associative learning connects two stimuli or experiences together.
Pavlov's dogs showed associative learning by salivating at the sound of a bell.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical
Associative doesn't mean a physical connection but a mental or logical one.
Detective work often relies on associative reasoning to solve cases.
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But where mind-wandering really gets interesting is when it crosses into the realm of free-moving associative thought that you aren’t consciously directing. This kind of mind-wandering is associated with increases in both ideas and positive emotions, and the evidence suggests that daydreaming can help people envision ways
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How to create a great...
if you're not careful they can start to sound like pharmaceutical drugs or worse the name of a sofa from ikea associative names work by reflecting imagery meaning back to their back to the brand the amazon in south america is the world's largest river therefore the
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Nora The Piano Playing...
was a very smart cat she's quickly figured out a way to get attention that delights the people around her cats learn by watching and that that's the reason we have the word copycat in our language I mean cats really do copy behavior and associative learning and
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and go and do something different. And the reason is because your brain is an incredibly associative device. The brain has learned the association that the bed is this trigger of wakefulness, and we need to break that association.
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Double the Lion Prides –...
pattern like a fingerprint so the females and the young will live in a herd and then the male's will sometimes be in little bachelor groups little loose associative herds and
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The benefits of...
But where mind-wandering really gets interesting is when it crosses into the realm of free-moving associative thought that you aren’t consciously directing. This kind of mind-wandering is associated with increases in both ideas and positive emotions, and the evidence suggests that daydreaming can help people envision ways
Video examples
How to create a great...
if you're not careful they can start to sound like pharmaceutical drugs or worse the name of a sofa from ikea associative names work by reflecting imagery meaning back to their back to the brand the amazon in south america is the world's largest river therefore the
Video examples
Nora The Piano Playing...
was a very smart cat she's quickly figured out a way to get attention that delights the people around her cats learn by watching and that that's the reason we have the word copycat in our language I mean cats really do copy behavior and associative learning and
Video examples
6 tips for better sleep...
and go and do something different. And the reason is because your brain is an incredibly associative device. The brain has learned the association that the bed is this trigger of wakefulness, and we need to break that association.
Video examples
Double the Lion Prides –...
pattern like a fingerprint so the females and the young will live in a herd and then the male's will sometimes be in little bachelor groups little loose associative herds and
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Matthew Walker
English Scientist
You should not actually stay in bed for very long awake, because your brain is this remarkably associative device, and it quickly learns that the bed is about being awake. So you should go to another room - a room that's dim. Just read a book - no screens, no phones - and, only when you're sleepy, return to the bed.
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Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss Educator
Outside speech, the association that is made in the memory between words having something in common creates different groups, series, families, within which very diverse relations obtain but belonging to a single category: these are associative relations.
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Edward Hirsch
American Poet
Daydreaming is one of the key sources of poetry - a poem often starts as a daydream that finds its way into language - and walking seems to bring a different sort of alertness, an associative kind of thinking, a drifting state of mind.
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Dana Spiotta
American Author
Memory is not particularly linear - it is associative, repetitive, subjective and porous. But the writer needs to convey disorder and dysfunction without making the novel itself disorderly or dysfunctional.
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Jonathan Pryce
Welsh Actor
You can't punish the middle classes for going to drama school - you need to punish the education system and the associative governments for devaluing the arts.
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Larry Wall
Canadian Businessman
Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
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Matthew Walker
English Scientist
You should not actually stay in bed for very long awake, because your brain is this remarkably associative device, and it quickly learns that the bed is about being awake. So you should go to another room - a room that's dim. Just read a book - no screens, no phones - and, only when you're sleepy, return to the bed.
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Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss Educator
Outside speech, the association that is made in the memory between words having something in common creates different groups, series, families, within which very diverse relations obtain but belonging to a single category: these are associative relations.
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Edward Hirsch
American Poet
Daydreaming is one of the key sources of poetry - a poem often starts as a daydream that finds its way into language - and walking seems to bring a different sort of alertness, an associative kind of thinking, a drifting state of mind.
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Dana Spiotta
American Author
Memory is not particularly linear - it is associative, repetitive, subjective and porous. But the writer needs to convey disorder and dysfunction without making the novel itself disorderly or dysfunctional.
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Jonathan Pryce
Welsh Actor
You can't punish the middle classes for going to drama school - you need to punish the education system and the associative governments for devaluing the arts.
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Larry Wall
Canadian Businessman
Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
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