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vaihtaminen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • commutation noun Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
  • exchange noun An act of exchanging or trading.
  • replacement noun A person or thing that takes the place of another.
  • transposition noun The act or process of transposing or interchanging.

Senses

vaihtaminen is used for these senses in English:

  • commutation (obsolete) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
  • exchange An act of exchanging or trading.
  • replacement The act of replacing something.
  • transposition (especially, _, mathematics) The act or process of transposing or interchanging.

commutation — full definition

  1. noun Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
  2. noun Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour.
  3. noun The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
  4. noun Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes.

exchange — full definition

  1. noun An act of exchanging or trading.
  2. noun A place for conducting trading.
  3. noun Ellipsis of telephone exchange.
  4. noun A central office.

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