Definition:Associate/Integral Domain/Definition 1

Definition
Let $\struct {D, +, \circ}$ be an integral domain.

Let $x, y \in D$.

Then $x$ is an associate of $y$ they are both divisors of each other.

That is, $x$ and $y$ are associates $x \divides y$ and $y \divides x$.

Also see

 * Equivalence of Definitions of Associates