āhuatanga herekore
1. (noun) associative property (maths).
Ko te āhuatanga herekore e mea ana kāore he take o te whakarōpū i ngā tau i roto i tētahi paheko mēnā e toru, nui ake rānei ngā tau o taua paheko (TRP 2010:189). / Associate property is saying that there is no point in grouping numbers in an operation if there are three or more numbers of that operation.
