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In mathematics, descriptive of any operation
* for which, when it is performed with
another operation `O', a * (b `O' c) = (a *
b) `O' (a * c). For example, multiplication
is distributive over addition, because 3 x (5
+ 2) = (3 x 5) + (3 x 2).