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IDENTITY ELEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
Example:
the identity under numerical multiplication is 1
Synonyms:
identity; identity element; identity operator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("identity element" is a kind of...):
operator ((mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation)
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