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commutator
noun
a)
an
electrical
switch
,
in
a
generator
or
motor
,
that
periodically
reverses the
direction
of an
electric current
b)
(of a group) an element of the form ghgh where g and h are
elements
of the group; it is equal to the groups
identity
if and only if g and h
commute
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