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IDENTITY ELEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does identity element mean?
• IDENTITY ELEMENT (noun)
The noun IDENTITY ELEMENT has 1 sense:
1. an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
Familiarity information: IDENTITY ELEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
identity; identity element; identity operator
Context example:
the identity under numerical multiplication is 1
Hypernyms ("identity element" is a kind of...):
operator ((mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation)
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