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Identity element Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Identity element has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates

"the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

2

An element of an algebraic structure which when applied, in either order, to any other element via a binary operation yields the other element.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
operator
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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