Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
(of a binary operation) independent of order;
as in e.g. "a x b = b x a";
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Commutative \Com*mut"a*tive\, a. [CF. F. commutatif.]
1. Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal. --
Com*mut"a*tive"ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
Rich traders, from their success, are presumed . . .
to have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative
justice. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Math.) having the property of commutativity.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
commutative
adj 1: (of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g.
"a x b = b x a"