Commutability :: Commutability (n.) The quality of being commutable.
Commutable :: Commutable (a.) Capable of being commuted or interchanged.
Commutableness :: Commutableness (n.) The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness.
Commutation :: Commutation (n.) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
Commutation :: Commutation (n.) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
Commutation :: Commutation (n.) The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment..
Commutation :: Commutation (n.) A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations..
Commutative :: Commutative (a.) Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal.
Commutator :: Commutator (n.) A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an electrical current; an attachment to certain electrical machines, by means of which alternating currents are made to be continuous or to have the same direction..
Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route..