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commutative

[kuh-myoo-tuh-tiv, kom-yuh-tey-tiv] / kəˈmyu tə tɪv, ˈkɒm yəˌteɪ 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

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

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

It is important to note that neither subtraction nor division is commutative.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

These are the commutative properties, the associative properties, the distributive property, the identity properties, and the inverse properties.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Now commutative justice consists in rendering something to one person, while distributive justice consists in giving something to many.

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




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