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additive groups

additive groups is the plural of additive group.

Meaning of additive group

Noun

additive group (plural additive groups)

  1. Any (often, but not necessarily, abelian) group whose binary operation is called addition.
  2. Any of certain algebraic objects (ring, field or vector space, etc., whose definition includes a commutative operation called addition) regarded as a group under addition.
  3. Any group object (such as a group functor, group scheme, etc.), whose binary operation is called addition.

Questions about additive groups

What is additive groups the plural of?
Additive groups is the plural of additive group.

Words near additive groups in the dictionary

  1. additive category
  2. additive combinatorics
  3. additive function
  4. additive functions
  5. additive group
  6. additive groups
  7. additive identities
  8. additive identity
  9. additive inverse
  10. additive inverses
  11. additive manufacturing

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