ANTICOMMUTATIVE


Meaning of ANTICOMMUTATIVE in English

/an'tee keuh myooh"teuh tiv, -kom"yeuh tay'-, an'tuy-/ , adj. Math.

1. (of a binary operation) having the property that one term operating on a second is equal to the negative of the second operating on the first, as ab = -ba.

2. (of two matrices) defined by an anticommutative operation.

[ ANTI- + COMMUTATIVE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .