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Abelian
Abelian
See also: abelian
English
Adjective
Abelian (not comparable)
- (mathematics, dated) Alternative letter-case form of abelian
Noun
Abelian (plural Abelians)
- (Roman Catholicism, historical) A member of a sect in fourth-century Africa mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married but lived in continence after the manner, as they claimed, of Abel.
Synonyms
Translations
abelian
abelian
See also: Abelian
English
Adjective
abelian (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Having a commutative defining operation. [Mid 19th century.][1]
Translations
math: of a group
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Related terms
- abelian algebra
- abelian group
- abelian operation
- abelian ring
See also
References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3