commutation

Meaning

1. (archaic, countable, formal, uncountable) Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
2. (countable, uncountable) Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour.
3. (countable, uncountable) The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
4. (countable, uncountable) Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes.
5. (countable, uncountable) The reversal of an electric current.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.

Synonyms

exchange

substitution

switching

interchange

alteration

wiring

change

re-sentencing

replacement

commuting

inverting

move

movement

mutation

passage

permutation

play

reciprocation

rectification

rectify

rectifying

redeployment

reduction

reverse

reversing

secondment

stagger

switch

trade

transfer

transference

translocation

transmutation

transplant

turnaround

transplantation

reversing gear

translation

switching-over

adjournment

alternation

alternative

assignment

commutate

commuter traffic

conversion

detection

fairing

Translations

conmutación

commutazione

Austausch

sostituzione

değiştirme

mudança

Umwandlung

substituição

substitution

échange

cambio

substitució

commutació

اِسْتِبْدال

commutation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɒmjuːˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

From French commutation, from Latin commūtātiōnem, accusative singular of commūtātiō.