multiplicative identity
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multiplicative identity

noun

Definition of MULTIPLICATIVE IDENTITY

: an identity element (as 1 in the group of rational numbers without 0) that in a given mathematical system leaves unchanged any element by which it is multiplied

First Known Use of MULTIPLICATIVE IDENTITY

1958

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