commutative law

commutative law

noun Logic.
a law asserting that the order in which certain logical operations are performed is indifferent.

Origin:
1835–45
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Commutative law is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Main Entry:  commutative law
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  in mathematics, a law stating that the order of the terms or factors is irrelevant in combining or multiplying quantities in algebra or arithmetic
Example:  Commutative law says that changing the order does not change the result.
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