Abelia
any of several shrubs belonging to the genus abelia, of the honeysuckle family, having cl-sters of small white or pink flowers.
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- Abelian group
noun a group the defined binary operation of which is commutative: if a and b are members of an abelian group then ab = ba abelian group also abelian group (ə-bē’lē-ən) see commutative group.
- Abelian
of or relating to niels henrik abel or his theorems. pertaining to an algebraic system in which an operation is commutative: an abelian group. pertaining to such an operation. historical examples a group whose operations are all permutable with each other is called an abelian group. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 12, slice 6 various […]
- Abell-kendall method
abell-kendall method abell-kendall method a·bell-ken·dall method (ā’bəl-kěn’dl) n. a method for estimating total serum cholesterol without interference from bilirubin, protein, and hemoglobin.
- Abelmosk
a tropical plant, abelmoschus moschatus, of the mallow family, cultivated for its musky seeds, which yield ambrette-seed oil. noun a tropical bushy malvaceous plant, hibiscus abelmoschus, cultivated for its yellow-and-crimson flowers and for its musk-scented seeds, which yield an oil used in perfumery also called musk mallow
- Abelson
noun philip. 1913–2004, us physical chemist. he created (with edwin mcmillan) the first transuranic element, neptunium (1940)