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anticommutative

anticommutative adjective: such that swapping the order of the operands negates the result.

Adjective

anticommutative (not comparable)

  1. Such that swapping the order of the operands negates the result.

Origin of anticommutative

From anti- + commutative.

Questions about anticommutative

What does anticommutative mean?
Anticommutative means such that swapping the order of the operands negates the result.
What part of speech is anticommutative?
Anticommutative is an adjective.

Words near anticommutative in the dictionary

  1. anticommunities
  2. anticommunity
  3. anticommutating
  4. anticommutation
  5. anticommutations
  6. anticommutative
  7. anticommutativity
  8. anticommutator
  9. anticommutators
  10. anticommute
  11. anticommuted

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