ALL meanings of commutation
com·mu·ta·tion
C c - noun commutation a substitution or exchange 3
- noun commutation the replacement of one method of payment by another 3
- noun commutation the payment substituted 3
- noun commutation the reduction in severity of a penalty imposed by law 3
- noun commutation the process of commutating an electric current 3
- noun commutation the travelling done by a commuter 3
- noun commutation an exchange; substitution 3
- noun commutation the substitution of one kind of payment for another 3
- noun commutation the payment made 3
- noun commutation the act of traveling as a commuter, esp. by using a commutation ticket 3
- noun commutation the repeated reversal of the direction of a current by a commutator 3
- noun commutation a change of a sentence or punishment to one that is less severe 3
- noun commutation Commutation is the formal ending of an insurance or reinsurance agreement by payment of an agreed sum in settlement. 3
- noun commutation reduction of a punishment 1
- noun commutation the act of substituting one thing for another; substitution; exchange. 1
- noun commutation the changing of a prison sentence or other penalty to another less severe. 1
- noun commutation the act of commuting, as to and from a place of work. 1
- noun commutation the substitution of one kind of payment for another. 1
- noun commutation Electricity. the act or process of commutating. 1
- noun commutation Also called commutation test. Linguistics. the technique, especially in phonological analysis, of substituting one linguistic item for another while keeping the surrounding elements constant, used as a means of determining the constituent units in a sequence and their contrasts with other units. 1
- noun commutation Action or the process of commuting a judicial sentence. 1
- noun commutation (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. 0
- noun commutation (Obsolete (No longer in use)) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange. 0
- noun commutation (formal or archaic) Substitution of one thing for another; interchange. 0
- noun commutation Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour. 0
- noun commutation (law) The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State. 0
- noun commutation (linguistics) Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes. 0
- noun commutation (electronics) The reversal of an electric current. 0