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Definition of Commutate
1. Verb. Reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current.
Definition of Commutate
1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commutate
Literary usage of Commutate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopedia of Engineering: A Treatise on Boilers, Steam Engines, the by International School of Engineering (1906)
"... it is much easier to keep out of trouble, because the brushes in this case
merely collect the current from the rings and do not commutate or rectify it. ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1905)
"... then it will only commutate perfectly aa load I - d ' Just what this assumption
means can be seen from Fig. 5. Abscissa represent positions along the ..."
3. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1903)
"Machines which require adjustable pole-tips in order to commutate ... rely on
the leakage-field from the pole-tips, and cannot therefore commutate ..."
4. Electric Railway Troubles and how to Find Them: A Comprehensive Treatise on by Paul Emilius Lowe (1909)
"It is evident from this that any one who tries to commutate alternating current
with an ordinary type of commutating machine would at once draw the ..."
5. Algebra: An Elementary Text-book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools by George Chrystal (1893)
"For we can always introduce a pair of factors (ab)(ab), and then commutate one
or both of them with the others, in accordance with the rules of § 24. ..."
6. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"330.—Westinghouse synchronous converter with booster generator. The brushes in
a generator must be moved forward, in order that the machine may commutate in ..."
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