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Commutative

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation. not-comparable

    "Addition on the real numbers is commutative because for any real numbers s,t, it is true that s#43;t#61;t#43;s."

  2. 2
    Having a commutative operation. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Such that any two sequences of morphisms with the same initial and final positions compose to the same morphism. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Relating to exchange; interchangeable. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g.: ‘a x b’ = ‘b x a’ wordnet

Etymology

From French commuter (“to substitute or switch”) + -ative (“tending to”). See commute.

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