commutation ticket (komutashontik"et)

A ticket i ued at a reduced rate by a carrier of pa engers, entitling the holder to be car. ried over a given route a limited number of times, or an unlimited number during a certain period. commutative (ko-mū'ta-tiv), a. [= F. commu tat if = Pr. commutatiu = Sp.conmutativo = Pg. It. commutativo, This is the measure of commutative justice, or of that justice which supposes exchange of things profitable for things profitable. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 451. Commutative combination, in alg., a mode of combination in which the order of the elements is indifferent. - Commutative contract, a contract in which each of the contracting parties gives and receives an equivalent. - Commutative multiplication, a mode of multiplication in which the order of the factors is indifferent.--Commutative principle, a rule of algebra permitting the reversal of the order of combination of two terms or factors. commutatively (ko-mu'ta-tiv-li), adv. By way of exchange. Sir T. Browпе. commutator (kom'u-ta-tor), n. [= Pg. com mutador, rents from the battery without changing the arrangement of the conductors from the poles: as, Bertin's commutator. In the magneto-electric or dynamo-electric machines (see electric ), a commutator is ordinarily employed to regulate the direction of the current through the external circuit. 2. A contrivance for varying the strength of an electric current by bringing either a portion or the whole of the voltaic cells in a battery into the circuit. commute (ko-mūt'), v.; pret. and pp. commuted, ppr. commuting. [= Sp. conmutar = Pg. com mutar = It. commutare, This smart was commuted for shame. Hammond , Works, IV. 519. God will not suffer us to commute a duty, because all is his due. Jer . Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 853. Having commuted his petty sovereignty for a considerable sum of money. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., XV. Specifically-(a) To exchange one penalty or punishment for another of le severity. Let him commute his eternal fear with a temporal suffering, preventing God's judgment by pa ing one of his Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 534. own. The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., v. (b) To substitute one sort of burden for another; especially, to substitute money payment for payment in kind or the performance of a compulsory duty: as, to commute tithes. A severe tax, which the noble reluctantly paid and which the pennile culprit commuted by personal slavery, was sufficiently unjust as well as absurd. Motley, Dutch Republic, I. 27. 2. In elect., to regulate (the direction of an electrical current) as by a commutator. II. in trans. 11. To serve as a substitute. Those institutions which God designed for means to further men in holine , they look upon as a privilege to serve instead of it, and to commute for it. South , Sermons. 2. To pay in money instead of in kind or in duty. He. thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind. Jer. Taylor , Rule of Conscience, i. 4. 3. To pay a single sum as an equivalent for a number of succe ive payments; specifically, to purchase and use a commutation-ticket.