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Angle of commutationCommutation Com`mu*ta"tion, n. [L. commutatio: cf. F.
commutation.]
1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration;
mutation. [R.]
So great is the commutation that the soul then hated
only that which now only it loves. --South.
2. The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
[Obs.]
The use of money is . . . that of saving the
commutation of more bulky commodities. --Arbuthnot.
3. (Law) 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.
Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for
money agreed to be given as a commutation for
penance. --Blackstone.
4. 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.
Angle of commutation (Astron.), the difference of the
geocentric longitudes of the sun and a planet.
Commutation of tithes, the substitution of a regular
payment, chargeable to the land, for the annual tithes in
kind.
Commutation ticket, a ticket, as for transportation, which
is the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced
rate. See 2d Commute, 2. CommutationCommutation Com`mu*ta"tion, n. [L. commutatio: cf. F.
commutation.]
1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration;
mutation. [R.]
So great is the commutation that the soul then hated
only that which now only it loves. --South.
2. The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
[Obs.]
The use of money is . . . that of saving the
commutation of more bulky commodities. --Arbuthnot.
3. (Law) 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.
Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for
money agreed to be given as a commutation for
penance. --Blackstone.
4. 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.
Angle of commutation (Astron.), the difference of the
geocentric longitudes of the sun and a planet.
Commutation of tithes, the substitution of a regular
payment, chargeable to the land, for the annual tithes in
kind.
Commutation ticket, a ticket, as for transportation, which
is the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced
rate. See 2d Commute, 2. Commutation of tithesCommutation Com`mu*ta"tion, n. [L. commutatio: cf. F.
commutation.]
1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration;
mutation. [R.]
So great is the commutation that the soul then hated
only that which now only it loves. --South.
2. The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
[Obs.]
The use of money is . . . that of saving the
commutation of more bulky commodities. --Arbuthnot.
3. (Law) 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.
Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for
money agreed to be given as a commutation for
penance. --Blackstone.
4. 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.
Angle of commutation (Astron.), the difference of the
geocentric longitudes of the sun and a planet.
Commutation of tithes, the substitution of a regular
payment, chargeable to the land, for the annual tithes in
kind.
Commutation ticket, a ticket, as for transportation, which
is the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced
rate. See 2d Commute, 2. Commutation ticket
Commutation ticket Com`mu*ta"tion tick"et
A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in
consideration of some special circumstance, as increase of
travel; specif., a ticket for a certain number of, or for
daily, trips between neighboring places at a reduced rate,
such as are commonly used by those doing business in a city
and living in a suburb. Commutation tickets are excepted from
the prohibition against special rates contained in the
Interstate Commerce Act of Feb. 4, 1887 (--24 Stat. 379), and
in 145 U. S. 263 it was held that party tickets were also
excepted as being ``obviously within the commuting
principle.'
Commutation ticketCommutation Com`mu*ta"tion, n. [L. commutatio: cf. F.
commutation.]
1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration;
mutation. [R.]
So great is the commutation that the soul then hated
only that which now only it loves. --South.
2. The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
[Obs.]
The use of money is . . . that of saving the
commutation of more bulky commodities. --Arbuthnot.
3. (Law) 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.
Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for
money agreed to be given as a commutation for
penance. --Blackstone.
4. 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.
Angle of commutation (Astron.), the difference of the
geocentric longitudes of the sun and a planet.
Commutation of tithes, the substitution of a regular
payment, chargeable to the land, for the annual tithes in
kind.
Commutation ticket, a ticket, as for transportation, which
is the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced
rate. See 2d Commute, 2. CommutativeCommutative Com*mut"a*tive, a. [CF. F. commutatif.]
Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal. --
Com*mut"a*tive"ly, adv.
Rich traders, from their success, are presumed . . . to
have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative
justice. --Burke. CommutativelyCommutative Com*mut"a*tive, a. [CF. F. commutatif.]
Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal. --
Com*mut"a*tive"ly, adv.
Rich traders, from their success, are presumed . . . to
have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative
justice. --Burke. Commutator
Commutator Com"mu*ta`tor, n. (Elec.)
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.
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