Definizione monolingua

commutation

commutation (plural commutations)

1. (obsolete) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
2. (obsolete) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
3. (formal or archaic) Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
4. Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour.
   • 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society 2006, p. 213:

     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.

5. (law) The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 23:

     Monsieur the Marquis de Sade [was] now holed up in one of his châteaux while his wife worked for the commutation of a sentence passed on him recently for poisoning and buggery.

6. (linguistics) Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes.
7. (electronics) The reversal of an electric current.

Definizione dizionario commutation

commutazione

scambio

Altri significati:

(linguistics) Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes.

(electronics) The reversal of an electric current.

(obsolete) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.

(law) The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State

(obsolete) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.

(formal or archaic) Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.

Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour.