commutation in Finnish
commutation in Finnish is lievennys, kommutointi, vaihtaminen — commutation means the act of swapping one thing for another.
commutation in Finnish
lievennys
kommutointi
(electronics) The reversal of an electric current.
vaihtaminen
(obsolete) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
What does "commutation" mean?
- noun The act of swapping one thing for another.
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noun The switch from paying in kind, such as through labour, to paying with money instead.
"Professor Postan has argued in favour of a rapid move towards commutation in the twelfth century which slackened or even went into reverse in the course of the thirteenth."
- noun (law) An official reduction of someone's punishment to something less severe.
- noun (linguistics) The swapping of one sound for another to show they are separate phonemes.
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commutation in a sentence
- Professor Postan has argued in favour of a rapid move towards commutation in the twelfth century which slackened or even went into reverse in the course of the thirteenth.
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What is "commutation" in Finnish?
"commutation" in Finnish is lievennys, kommutointi, vaihtaminen. commutation means: The act of swapping one thing for another.
Are there other ways to say "commutation" in Finnish?
Yes — Finnish has 3 translations listed for "commutation": lievennys, kommutointi, vaihtaminen.
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