Commute

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Commute, commutation or commutative may refer to:

• Commuting, the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work
• Commutative property, a property of a mathematical operation whose result is insensitive to the order of its arguments
  • Equivariant map, a function whose composition with another function has the commutative property
  • Commutative diagram, a graphical description of commuting compositions of arrows in a mathematical category
  • Commutative semigroup, commutative monoid, abelian group, and commutative ring, algebraic structures with the commutative property
  • Commuting matrices, sets of matrices whose products do not depend on the order of multiplication
• Commutation of sentence, a reduction in severity of punishment
• Commutation (neurophysiology), how certain neural circuits in the brain exhibit noncommutativity
• Commutation, a synonym for switching in computer networking and telecommunications
• Commutation, the action of applying currents or voltages to the proper electrical motor phases so as to produce optimum motor torque at a motor's shaft. See Commutator (electric).
• Commutation, where a member of a pension scheme gives up part or their entire pension in exchange for an immediate lump sum payment. It is also known as a cash option