---
tag: 0K8F7PVDMX
kind: concept
name: Associativity
aliases: [associative-property]
msc: [08A02]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_property
    locator: Definition
same_as:
  wikidata: Q177251
  wikipedia: Associative property
---

## Summary

A binary operation is associative when the grouping of three elements does not change the result.
Then the parentheses in a product of several elements can be omitted.