commutative
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The commutative properties apply only to addition and multiplication!
From Textbooks • May 6, 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
We saw that subtraction and division were not commutative.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
For instance, consider We begin by using the associative and commutative properties of multiplication to regroup the factors.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
All agree that commutative justice is violated when contumely becomes vilification, or when an insult is committed in the presence of onlookers with the purpose of making the offended person seem contemptible in their eyes.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome