Definition of Nonassociative

1. Adjective. Not associative.

Antonyms: Associative

Definition of Nonassociative

1. Adjective. (context: of an algebraic structure) Not having associativity of all elements under its operation. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonassociative

nonaspirates
nonaspirational
nonaspirin
nonasterisked
nonasthma
nonasthmatic
nonasthmatics
nonastringent
nonastrological
nonastronomer
nonastronomers
nonastronomical
nonasymptotic
nonasynchronous
nonatheist
nonatheistic
nonatheists

Literary usage of Nonassociative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"Conversely, since two-way performance is influenced by nonassociative effects much more profoundly than one-way performance, differential changes should be ..."

2. Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series (1915)
"... of inducing and directing associative and nonassociative processes and associative material serving the best demands of the various types of make-up. ..."

3. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"Implicit memory includes associative forms (eg, classical conditioning) and nonassociative forms, and it is believed to involve changes in the same pathways ..."

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