commutative
Adjective
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Adjective
commutative (not comparable)
- (mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.
- ''Addition on the real numbers is commutative because for any real numbers s,t, it is true that s+t=t+s.
- Addition and multiplication are commutative operations but subtraction and division are not.
- (algebra, of an algebraic structure) Having a commutative operation.
- (mathematics, of a diagram of morphisms) Such that any two sequences of morphisms with the same initial and final positions compose to the same morphism.
- Relating to exchange; interchangeable.
- German: kommutativ
- Portuguese: comutativo
- Russian: коммутативный
- German: kommutativ
- Portuguese: comutativo
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