Definition:Associate/Integers

Definition
Let $x, y \in \Z$.

Then $x$ and $y$ are associates iff they are both divisors of each other.

That is, $x$ is an associate of $y$ iff $x \mathop \backslash y$ and $y \mathop \backslash x$.

Also known as
The statement $x$ is an associate of $y$ can be expressed as $x$ is associated to $y$.