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anticommutative

[ an-tee-kuh-myoo-tuh-tiv, -kom-yuh-tey-, an-tahy- ]

adjective

, Mathematics.
  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.


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