Commutative

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Commutative \Com*mut"a*tive\, a. [CF. F. commutatif.]
     1. Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal. --
        {Com*mut"a*tive"ly}, adv.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Rich traders, from their success, are presumed . . .


              to have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative
              justice.                              --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Math.) having the property of {commutativity}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  commutative
       adj : of a binary operation; independent of order; as in e.g. "a x
             b = b x a"