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associative law

associative law The associative law is the rule that when three terms are combined, changing the grouping does not change the result.

The associative law is the rule that when three terms are combined, changing the grouping does not change the result. In the passage, this is stated for both logical addition and multiplication: (a + b) + c equals a + (b + c), and (ab)c equals a(bc).

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Drafting source: Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II. 1902 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 b86b5dbbaa0a0b3ecf6c8b0a089a7ca5409b9bac4e6481cba91c99bba16f31bd. “Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II” (philopsych02balduoft:chars-3633000-3645000).
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