Nonassociative

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not associative. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Whose multiplication operation is not assumed to be associative for all elements. not-comparable

    "This book has been written about associative algebras. However, there is an analogous “PI-theory” that can be carried out for nonassociative rings, which is outlined here."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not associative wordnet

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"This book has been written about associative algebras. However, there is an analogous “PI-theory” that can be carried out for nonassociative rings, which is outlined here."

Etymology

From non- + associative.

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