commutate
/kˌɑmjətˈeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To convert from being or using an alternating current into being or using a direct current.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "In line commutation, advantage of the a.c. supply going through zero value at every half-cycle is taken to commutate the thyristor."
- "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."
- "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”."
- "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."
- "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."