"commutation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɒmjuːˈteɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commutation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: commutations [plural]
Etymology: From French commutation, from Latin commūtātiōnem, accusative singular of commūtātiō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|commutation}} French commutation, {{der|en|la|commūtātiōnem}} Latin commūtātiōnem, {{m|la|commūtātiō}} commūtātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} commutation (countable and uncountable, plural commutations)
  1. (formal or archaic) Substitution of one thing for another; interchange. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-commutation-en-noun-4Y5jXUHF
  2. Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-commutation-en-noun-Gm9hI4wS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 15 6 25 21 5 3 16
  3. (law) The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (the change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State): смекча́ване на наказа́ние (smekčávane na nakazánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 減刑 (Chinese Mandarin), 减刑 (jiǎnxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), strafvermindering (Dutch), lievennys (Finnish), измене́ние ме́ры пресече́ния (izmenénije méry presečénija) [neuter] (Russian), смягче́ние наказа́ния (smjaxčénije nakazánija) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-commutation-en-noun-NcJMxQY9 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'the change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State': 0 0 87 0 0 11 0
  4. (linguistics) Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-commutation-en-noun-TcQe8Vm9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 15 6 25 21 5 3 16 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. (electronics) The reversal of an electric current. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (the reversal of an electric current): превклю́чване (prevkljúčvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), комута́ция (komutácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kommutointi (Finnish), comutação [feminine] (Portuguese), коммута́ция (kommutácija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-commutation-en-noun-1rJpm86u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 15 6 25 21 5 3 16 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'the reversal of an electric current': 2 2 0 5 91 1 1
  6. (obsolete) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Translations (a passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation): смя́на (smjána) [feminine] (Bulgarian), размя́на (razmjána) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pergantian (Indonesian), komutasi (Indonesian), измене́ние (izmenénije) [neuter] (Russian), сме́на (sména) [feminine] (Russian), замеще́ние (zameščénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-commutation-en-noun-ymF6ByqT Disambiguation of 'a passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation': 5 5 9 1 0 76 4
  7. (obsolete) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Translations (the act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange): замя́на (zamjána) [feminine] (Bulgarian), размя́на (razmjána) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vaihtaminen (Finnish), заме́на (zaména) [feminine] (Russian), ба́ртер (bártɛr) [masculine] (Russian), разме́н (razmén) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-commutation-en-noun-nAJW23En Disambiguation of 'the act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange': 12 6 0 1 1 5 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: commutation ticket Related terms: commutator [electrical, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering]
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /kɒmjuːˈteɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commutation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: commutations [plural]
Etymology: From commute. Etymology templates: {{m|en|commute|id=regular journey}} commute Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} commutation (countable and uncountable, plural commutations)
  1. (US, nonstandard) The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting. Tags: US, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
    Sense id: en-commutation-en-noun-E5dIx5Py Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 15 6 25 21 5 3 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-commutation.wav Forms: commutations [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} commutation f (plural commutations)
  1. commutation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-commutation-fr-noun-kqeio1zG Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.