# Association

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**Association** may refer to:

## Types of groups of people

- [Club (organization)](/source/Club_(organization)), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal
- [Trade association](/source/Trade_association), an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry
- [Voluntary association](/source/Voluntary_association), a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers
- [Non profit association](/source/Non-profit_association), a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose without any profit interest
- [Collaboration](/source/Collaboration), the act of working together
- [Professional association](/source/Professional_association), typically nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession

## Topics in various fields of study

- [Association (archaeology)](/source/Association_(archaeology)), the close relationship between objects or contexts.
- [Association (astronomy)](/source/Association_(astronomy)), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures
- [Association (chemistry)](/source/Association_(chemistry))
- [Association (ecology)](/source/Association_(ecology)), a type of ecological community
- [Genetic association](/source/Genetic_association), when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur
- [Association (object-oriented programming)](/source/Association_(object-oriented_programming)), defines a relationship between classes of objects
- [Association (psychology)](/source/Association_(psychology)), a connection between two or more concepts in the mind or imagination
- [Association (statistics)](/source/Association_(statistics)), a statistical relationship between two variables
- [File association](/source/File_association), associates a file with a software application
- [Security association](/source/Security_association), the establishment of security attributes between two communication networks

## Particular entities

- [Association of Mary, Queen of Scots, and James VI](/source/Association_of_Mary,_Queen_of_Scots,_and_James_VI), a plan for the conjoint rule in Scotland of Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI.
- [Continental Association](/source/Continental_Association), often called the "Association", an economic boycott during the American Revolution
- [HMS *Association* (1697)](/source/HMS_Association_(1697)), a Royal Navy ship which sank in 1707
- [L'Association](/source/L'Association), a French comic book publisher
- [The Association](/source/The_Association), an American soft rock band - [*The Association* (album)](/source/The_Association_(album)), 1969

## See also

- [Associate (disambiguation)](/source/Associate_(disambiguation))
- [Free association (disambiguation)](/source/Free_association_(disambiguation))
- [Associative property](/source/Associative_property) in mathematics
- [Interpersonal relationship](/source/Interpersonal_relationship)
- [Friendship](/source/Friendship)
- [Association football](/source/Association_football)
- [Registered association (Germany)](/source/Registered_association_(Germany)) (An *eingetragener Verein*)

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