Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb commutate

1 sense of commutate

Sense 1
commutate -- (reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current)
       => change by reversal, turn, reverse -- (change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern")