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Associative vs Quasigroup - What's the difference?

associative | quasigroup |

As an adjective associative

is pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.

As a noun quasigroup is

an algebraic structure, resembling a group, whose arithmetic may not be associative.

associative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
  • such that, for any operands a, b, c , (a * b) * c = a * (b * c)
  • (computing) addressable by a key more complex than an integer index
    • Awk's associative arrays may be indexed by strings.
    Associative memories were once given considerable attention.

    Derived terms

    * antiassociative

    quasigroup

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia quasigroup) (en noun)
  • (mathematics) An algebraic structure, resembling a group, whose arithmetic may not be associative