commutation – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
commutation
n.
exchange, replacement; conversion; act of commuting (traveling back and forth regularly)
Commute
Commute,
commutation or
commutative may refer to:
- Commuting, the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work
- Commutative property, a property of a mathematical operation whose result is insensitive to the order of its arguments
- Commutation of sentence, a reduction in severity of punishment
- Commutation (neurophysiology), how certain neural circuits in the brain exhibit noncommutativity
- Commutation, a synonym for switching in computer networking and telecommunications
- Commutation, the action of applying currents or voltages to the proper electrical motor phases so as to produce optimum motor torque at a motor's shaft. See Commutator (electric).
- Commutation, where a member of a pension scheme gives up part or their entire pension in exchange for an immediate lump sum payment. It is also known as a cash option
commutation
Noun
1. the travel of a commuter
(synonym) commuting
(hypernym) travel, traveling, travelling
(derivation) commute, travel back and forth
2. a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
(hypernym) warrant
(derivation) change, exchange, commute, convert
(classification) law, jurisprudence
3. (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
(synonym) re-sentencing
(hypernym) clemency, mercifulness, mercy
(derivation) commute, convert, exchange
(classification) law, jurisprudence
4. the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
(synonym) substitution, exchange
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) replacement, replacing
(derivation) commute, transpose
commutation
nf.
commutation
Commutation
(n.)
The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment.
(n.)
The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
(n.)
A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations.
(n.)
A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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