US /kəˈmjutətɪv/ UK /kəˈmjuːtətɪv/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    having the property that changing the order of operands does not change the result

    Addition is commutative because a plus b equals b plus a.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · having the property that... order-independent
Opposites
noncommutative
Word family
Related forms commuteoperationalgebra

Etymology

From commute + -ative, from Latin commutare ('to change, exchange').

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