2. Noun. (mathematics) An operator which modifies its operand, and which therefore is not the identity. ¹
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Definition of Nonidentity
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonidentity
Literary usage of Nonidentity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Michigan Digest Annotated: Embodying All Reported Decisions from the by Albert Poole Jacobs, Henry Allen Chaney, George Foster Longsdorf, Callaghan and Company (1921)
"An assignment of error, that the court erred in sentencing one JMB after his plea
of nonidentity without Issue having been joined by the prosecuting ..."
2. Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands by Philippines Governor (1904)
"Without entering in detail upon a discussion, which will be taken up later in
the report, regarding the identity or nonidentity. of Tr. evansii, Tr. brucei, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"Nonentity should be nonidentity, and highy should be highly. To point out all
the errors of this description would require too much space. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California by Bancroft-Whitney Company, California Supreme Court, California, Supreme Court (1898)
"In all ordinary cases the rule would be a perfectly safe one and it would seldom
happen that the party relying on nonidentity of the person could not easily ..."
5. The Concept of Knowledge by Panayot Butchvarov (1970)
"The clearest demonstration of the nonidentity of the two notions lies in the fact
that with respect to some propositions (eg, in mathematics) it would be ..."
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