Nonassociative
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not associative. not-comparable
- 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 not associative wordnet
Example
More examples"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.