commutate
verb
com·mu·tate ˈkäm-yə-ˌtāt 
-yü-
commutated; commutating
transitive verb
: to reverse every other half cycle of (an alternating current) so as to form a direct current
Word History
Etymology
back-formation from commutation
First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
- Tetracerus
- tetrachlor-
- tetrachlorethane
- tetrachloride
- tetrachlorides
- tetrachloro
- tetrachloro-
- tetrachloroethane
- tetrachloromethanes
- tetrachord
- tetrachords
- tetrachoric
- tetrachotomous
- tetrachromatic
- tetrachronous
- tetracid
- tetracids
- tetraclines
- tetraclinises
- tetraclinisses
- tetracoccus
- tetracolon
- tetracoral
- Tetracoralla
- tetracoralline