Association vs. Federation

Associationnoun

The act of associating.

Associationnoun

The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

Associationnoun

(statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).

Associationnoun

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

Associationnoun

(object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.

Associationnoun

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

Associationnoun

Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.

Associationnoun

Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.

Associationnoun

a formal organization of people or groups of people;

Associationnoun

the act of consorting with or joining with others;

Associationnoun

the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination;

Associationnoun

a social or business relationship;

Associationnoun

the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;

Associationnoun

a relation resulting from interaction or dependence;

Associationnoun

(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

Associationnoun

(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

Federationnoun

Act of joining together into a single political entity.

Federationnoun

Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.

Federationnoun

Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.

Federationnoun

A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.

Federationadjective

(Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.

Federationnoun

The act of uniting in a league; confederation.

Federationnoun

A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government.

Federationnoun

an organization formed by merging several groups or parties

Federationnoun

a union of political organizations

Federationnoun

the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs

Federation

A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governing status of the component states, as well as the division of power between them and the central government, is typically constitutionally entrenched and may not be altered by a unilateral decision of either party, the states or the federal political body.