"commutate" meaning in English

See commutate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: commutates [present, singular, third-person], commutating [participle, present], commutated [participle, past], commutated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from commutation (in the late 19th century), as is commutator (noun) too. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|commutation#Etymology_1}} Back-formation from commutation, {{m|en|commutator|pos=n}} commutator (noun) Head templates: {{en-verb}} commutate (third-person singular simple present commutates, present participle commutating, simple past and past participle commutated)
  1. (transitive, electronics) To reverse the direction of (a current). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-commutate-en-verb-wFUwqB5b Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 14 26 22 21 13 4 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (transitive, electronics) To convert from being or using an alternating current into being or using a direct current. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-commutate-en-verb-pmzo34zo Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English back-formations: 11 29 22 19 14 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 36 18 15 16 3 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 14 26 22 21 13 4 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (intransitive, mathematics) To commute; to be invariant under a reversal of the positions of operands. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-commutate-en-verb-xyvFEmpQ Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 14 26 22 21 13 4 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. (transitive, finance) To commute; to change one kind of payment into another, especially to convert from several installments to a single lumpsum payment. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-commutate-en-verb-yIAn0HjA Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 14 26 22 21 13 4 Topics: business, finance
  5. (transitive, law) To remove or reduce the legal obligations or restrictions on Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-commutate-en-verb-su2ITR8C Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 14 26 22 21 13 4 Topics: law
  6. (transitive) To transform, especially into a reversed or opposite form. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-commutate-en-verb-om0C9h8G
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: commutator [electrical, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering]

Inflected forms

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