COMMUTATE


Meaning of COMMUTATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkäm-yə-ˌtāt, -yü- ]

transitive verb

( -tat·ed ; -tat·ing )

Etymology: back-formation from commutation

Date: 1893

: to reverse every other half cycle of (an alternating current) so as to form a unidirectional current

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.