Abelian

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.2 Synonyms 1.1.3 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms

English

Etymology 1

Name of the Biblical character Abel + -ian.

Noun

1. (ecclesiastical history) One of a sect in fourth-century Africa mentioned by St. Augustine , who states that they married but lived in continence after the manner, as they claimed, of Abel.

Synonyms

• Abelite
• Abelonian

Translations

member of a sect living like Abel

French: abélien m, abélienne f, abélite m and f

Etymology 2

Name of the Norwegian mathematician Abel + -ian.

Adjective

1. Having a commutative defining operation.

Translations

of a group

Dutch: abels, commutatief Estonian: Abeli , kommutatiivne French: abélien m, abélienne f, commutatif m, commutative f

German: abelsch , kommutativ Swedish: abelsk , kommutativ

Related terms

• Abelian algebra
• Abelian group
• Abelian operation
• Abelian ring