"commutator" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: commutators [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from commutation (in the late 19th century), as is commutate (verb) too. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|commutation#Etymology_1}} Back-formation from commutation, {{m|en|commutate|pos=v}} commutate (verb) Head templates: {{en-noun}} commutator (plural commutators)
  1. An electrical switch, in a generator or motor, that periodically reverses the direction of an electric current. Synonyms: rheotrope [dated], electrepeter [dated] Translations (electrical switch): virrankäännin (Finnish), kommutaattori (Finnish), 整流子 (seiryūshi) (Japanese), pūhuri hiko (Maori), colector de comutație [neuter] (Romanian), colector (english: electric) [neuter] (Romanian), kommutator [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-commutator-en-noun-7mJVMIYN Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 36 34 Disambiguation of 'electrical switch': 92 5 3
  2. (group theory) A binary map in a given group G, given by [g, h] = ghg⁻¹h⁻¹, where g and h are elements of G, which yields the group's identity if and only if the group operation commutes for g and h. Categories (topical): Group theory Translations (binary function in a group): kommutátor (Hungarian), 交換子 (kōkanshi) (Japanese), comutador [masculine] (Portuguese), değişeç (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-commutator-en-noun-tv1sY8Xa Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English back-formations: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 36 34 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 20 47 32 Topics: group-theory, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'binary function in a group': 24 45 31
  3. (ring theory) A binary map in a given ring R, given by [a, b] = ab − ba, where a and b are elements of R, which yields the ring's zero element if and only if the multiplication operation commutes for a and b.
    Sense id: en-commutator-en-noun-PQcq~qqT Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 36 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anticommutator, commutator length, commutatorless, commutator subgroup, multicommutator, self-commutator Related terms: nilpotent group, solvable group Translations (binary function in a ring): Kommutator [masculine] (German), 交換子 (kōkanshi) (Japanese), kommutator [common-gender] (Swedish), değişeç (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'binary function in a ring': 24 39 36

Verb [Latin]

Forms: commūtātor [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=commūtātor}} commūtātor
  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of commūtō Tags: form-of, future, imperative, passive, second-person, singular, third-person Form of: commūtō
    Sense id: en-commutator-la-verb-n6ndBdMB Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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