English-Finnish translations for commutative

• kommutatiivinen
• vaihdannainen

Definition of commutative

• Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation
• Having a commutative operation
• Relating to exchange; interchangeable

Examples

• Addition on the real numbers is commutative because for any real numbers $s,t$, it is true that $s+t=t+s$.
• Addition and multiplication are commutative operations but subtraction and division are not.

Related words

• commutativity
• anticommutative
• anticommutativity
• noncommutative
• noncommutativity
• commutatively
• commutative law
• commutative property
• commutative algebra