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commutative

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


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The commutative properties apply only to addition and multiplication!

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

Since changing the order of the division did not give the same result, division 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

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

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Therefore it is evident that both are comprised under commutative justice.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint