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commutative

[kuh-myoo-tuh-tiv, kom-yuh-tey-tiv] / kəˈmju tə tɪv, ˈkɒm jəˌteɪ tɪv /


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Since changing the order of the subtraction does not give the same result, we know that subtraction is not commutative.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

The commutative properties only apply to addition and multiplication!

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

We have seen that vector addition in two dimensions satisfies the commutative, associative, and additive inverse properties.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Addition of vectors is commutative such that A + B = B + A .

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Objection 1: It would seem that the two species of justice are unsuitably assigned, viz. distributive and commutative.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint




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