English
Noun
wikipedia|commutator (electric)
en-noun
- an electrical switch, in a generator or motor, that periodically reverses the direction of an electric current
#mathematics (of a group) an element of the form ghg<sup>�1</sup>h<sup>�1</sup> where g and h are elements of the group; it is equal to the group's identity if and only if g and h commute
#mathematics (of a ring) an element of the form ab-ba, where a and b are elements of the ring, it is identical to the ring's zero element if and only if a and b commute
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Translations
;electrical switch
Swedish: kommutator c
;mathematical element, in a group
Hungarian: kommutátor
;mathematical element, in a ring
Swedish: kommutator c
See also
anticommutator
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