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Abelian: Meaning and Definition of
A•be•li•an
Pronunciation: (u-bē'lē-un, u-bēl'yun), [key] — adj. Math.
- of or pertaining to Niels Henrik Abel or his theorems.
- pertaining to an algebraic system in which an operation is commutative: an Abelian group.
- pertaining to such an operation.
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