metabelian

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adjective

Having an abelian commutator subgroup

OriginEnglish abelian ← Norwegian Abel ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-) →
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Meanings

adjectivemetabelian (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemathematicsHaving an abelian commutator subgroup

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  5. Englishmeta-
  6. NorwegianAbel
  7. Englishabelian
  8. Englishmetabelian

From meta- + abelian.

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APA

metabelian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabelian

MLA

“metabelian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabelian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metabelian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabelian.

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