commutative
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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
We saw that subtraction and division were not commutative.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
Since changing the order of the subtraction did not give the same result, we know that subtraction is not commutative.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
Unlike most operations we’ve seen, the cross product is not commutative.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
But the term commutative has no longer much meaning when applied to the respect due to the life, the liberty, or the honor of others.
From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul