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Abelian

Abelian

See also: abelian

English

Adjective

Abelian ‎(not comparable)

(mathematics, dated) Alternative letter-case form of abelian

Noun

Abelian ‎(plural Abelians)

(Roman Catholicism, historical) A member of a sect in fourth-century Africa mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married but lived in continence after the manner, as they claimed, of Abel.

Synonyms

Translations

member of a sect living like Abel

French: abélien (fr) m, abélienne (fr) f, abélite (fr) m, f, abélonien (fr) m, abélonienne (fr) f
German: Abelianer m, Abelianerin f, Abelit m, Abelitin f

Portuguese: abeliano m
Spanish: abelonita (es) m, f

abelian

abelian

See also: Abelian

English

Adjective

abelian ‎(not comparable)

(mathematics) Having a commutative defining operation. [Mid 19^th century.]^[1]

Translations

math: of a group

Czech: Abelova f, abelovská f, komutativní
Danish: abelsk
Dutch: abels, commutatief (nl)
Estonian: Abeli, kommutatiivne
Finnish: abelinen, kommutatiivinen (fi)
French: abélien (fr) m, abélienne (fr) f, commutatif (fr) m, commutative (fr) f
German: abelsch, kommutativ (de)

Icelandic: Abel- m, abelskur m
Polish: abelowa f, przemienna f
Portuguese: abeliano
Russian: а́белев (ru) ‎(ábelev)
Spanish: abeliano, conmutativo
Swedish: abelsk (sv), kommutativ (sv)

Related terms

abelian algebra
abelian group
abelian operation
abelian ring

See also

tauberian

References

↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3