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Commutator vs S - What's the difference?

commutator | s |

As a noun commutator

is an electrical switch, in a generator or motor, that periodically reverses the direction of an electric current.

As a letter s is

the letter s with a.

commutator

English

Noun

(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?1h?1'' 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
    • (wikipedia commutator)

    See also

    * anticommutator ----

    s

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

    Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----