commutate

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To reverse the direction of (a current).

   “Continuously rated machines shall be required to commutate successfully momentary loads of 150% of the Amperes corresponding to the continuous rating keeping the rheostat set for rated load excitation.”

2. fiil To convert from being or using an alternating current into being or using a direct current.

   “In line commutation, advantage of the a.c. supply going through zero value at every half-cycle is taken to commutate the thyristor.”

3. fiil To commute; to be invariant under a reversal of the positions of operands.

   “The match of two finite line segments in 2 dimensions requires 2 translations, 1 rotation, 1 scale transformation; the order is here important, and these operators cannot commutate.”

4. fiil To commute; to change one kind of payment into another, especially to convert from several installments to a single lumpsum payment.

   “Ah, commutation. I knew there was something else. This is where you can commutate your weekly payments into a lump sum and be rid of the “system”.”

5. fiil To remove or reduce the legal obligations or restrictions on

   “Specifically, the seminary was challenged by industrial millers who petitioned to build steam-powered mills and by large Montreal property holders who demanded that the crown commutate their lands.”

6. fiil To transform, especially into a reversed or opposite form.

   “Writers change the URIs as they compose because writers commutate and manipulate language to create a variety of rhetorical experiences that can be read at once, as overlapping, or as separate.”