commutate

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from commutation (in the late 19th century), as is commutator (noun) too. === Pronunciation === === Verb === commutate (third-person singular simple present commutates, present participle commutating, simple past and past participle commutated) (transitive, electronics) To reverse the direction of (a current). (transitive, electronics) To convert from being or using an alternating current into being or using a direct current. (intransitive, mathematics) To commute; to be invariant under a reversal of the positions of operands. (transitive, finance) To commute; to change one kind of payment into another, especially to convert from several installments to a single lumpsum payment. (transitive, law) To remove or reduce the legal obligations or restrictions on (transitive) To transform, especially into a reversed or opposite form. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== (electrical): commutator == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== commutate inflection of commutare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== commutate f pl feminine plural of commutato == Latin == === Verb === commūtāte second-person plural present active imperative of commūtō === References === “commutate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “commutate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.