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

The commutative property has to do with order.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

In order to combine like terms in the next example, we will use the commutative property of addition to write the like terms together.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Unlike most operations we’ve seen, the cross product is not commutative.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Secondly, it may be considered in view of the form of judgment, in as much as, even in commutative justice, the judge takes from one and gives to another, and this belongs to distributive justice.

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