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Abelian

[ uh-bee-lee-uhn, uh-beel-yuhn ]

adjective

Mathematics.
  1. of or relating to Niels Henrik Abel or his theorems.
  2. pertaining to an algebraic system in which an operation is commutative:

    an Abelian group.

  3. pertaining to such an operation.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Abelian1

First recorded in 1905–10; Abel + -ian
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Among the speakers were 21 women - six heads of state, four heads of government, one vice president, nine ministers and one vice minister, Abelian told reporters.

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Of the 189 member countries who spoke there were 88 heads of state and 42 heads of government, said senior U.N. official Movses Abelian.

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Gohar Abelian took in three kids abandoned by her sister, a swindler who fled to Montenegro, but cannot retrieve the $100,000 in bail she posted, judge rules.

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When a couple of convicted L.A. swindlers abandoned their three children and fled with the family dog to Montenegro in 2021, the distraught teenagers’ aunt, Gohar Abelian, took the kids into her home.

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Reached by phone on Saturday, Abelian, a Glendale attorney, declined to comment.

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