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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Commutative \Com*mut"a*tive\, adjective [CF. F. commutatif.]
1. Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal. -- {Com*mut"a*tive"ly}, adverb
Rich traders, from their success, are presumed . . . to have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative justice. --Burke.
2. (Math.) having the property of {commutativity}. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
commutative
adjective: of a binary operation; independent of order; as in e.g. "a x b = b x a"
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