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proper noun (rfc-level, Proper noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
- (ecclesiastical history) a member 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.
Translations: - French: abélien , abélienne , abélite
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Etymology: Name of the Biblical character w:Abel, Abel + -ian.
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adjective
- (algebra) Having a commutative defining operation.
Translations: - Dutch: abels, commutatief
- French: abélien , abélienne , commutatif , commutative
- German: abelsch, kommutativ
- Spanish: abeliano,conmutativo
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Etymology: Name of the Norwegian mathematician w:Niels Henrik Abel, Abel + -ian.
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