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Commutator vs Sw - What's the difference?

commutator | sw |

As a noun commutator

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

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 ----

    sw

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • Search Warrant
  • (direction) southwest
  • Southwestern
  • Star Wars
  • (electronics) Short Wave
  • (handbells) "shake"
  • software

    • Derived terms

    * (direction) SSW, WSW

    Related terms

    * (electronics) MW, LW * (direction) NW, WNW, NNW, SE, ESE, SSE, S, W

    See also

    * (electronics) RF, SHF, UHF, VHF * (direction) N, E, ENE, NNE

    Anagrams

    * ----