English Explanatory Dictionary

identity element

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

identity element identity elements

Synonyms

identity neutral element

Related words

left identity right identity unity
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