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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

The commutative properties apply only to addition and multiplication!

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

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

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

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

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Therefore restitution is not more an act of commutative than of distributive justice.

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