Association may refer to:
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Club (organization)
A club is an association of people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities. There are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious c ...
, an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal
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Trade association
A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific Industry (economics), industry. An industry tra ...
, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry
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Voluntary association
A voluntary group or union (also sometimes called a voluntary organization, common-interest association, association, or society) is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement, usually as volunteering, volunteers, to form a body (or organ ...
, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers
Association in various fields of study
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Association (archaeology)
This page is a glossary of archaeology, the study of the human past from material remains.
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, the close relationship between objects or contexts.
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Association (astronomy)
An association (astronomy) is a combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures from which cosmic rays have been removed. WFPC2 associations constitute one type of association and are tools in the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) archive for us ...
, combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures
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Association (chemistry)
Dissociation in chemistry is a general process in which molecules (or ionic compounds such as salts, or complexes) separate or split into other things such as atoms, ions, or radicals, usually in a reversible manner. For instance, when an acid ...
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Association (ecology)
In phytosociology and community ecology an association is a type of ecological community with a predictable species composition and consistent physiognomy (structural appearance) which occurs in a particular habitat type. The term was first coine ...
, a type of ecological community
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Genetic association, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur
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Association (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, association defines a relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf. This relationship is structural, because it specifies that objects of ...
, defines a relationship between classes of objects
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Association (psychology), a connection between two or more concepts in the mind or imagination
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Association (statistics), a statistical relationship between two variables
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File association, associates a file with a software application
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Security association
A security association (SA) is the establishment of shared security attributes between two network entities to support secure communication. An SA may include attributes such as: cryptographic algorithm and mode; traffic encryption key; and paramet ...
, the establishment of security attributes between two communication networks
Particular entities
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Continental Association, often called the "Association", an economic boycott during the American Revolution
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HMS ''Association'' (1697), a Royal Navy ship which sank in 1707
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L'Association, a French comic book publisher
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The Association, an American soft rock band
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''The Association'' (album), 1969
See also
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Associate (disambiguation)
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Free association (disambiguation)
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Associative property in mathematics
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Interpersonal relationship
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Friendship
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Association Football
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Registered association (Germany)
An (; "registered association" or "incorporated association"), abbreviated (), is a legal status for a registered voluntary association in Germany. While any group may be called a , registration as confers many legal benefits, because it con ...
(An ''eingetragener Verein'')
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