Meaning of Abelian

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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