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{{Wiktionary|commute|commutation|commutative|commutativity}}
'''Commute''', '''commutation''' or '''commutative''' may refer to:

* [[Commuting]], the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work

==Mathematics==
* [[Commutative property]], a property of a mathematical operation whose result is insensitive to the order of its arguments
**[[Equivariant map]], a function whose composition with another function has the commutative property
**[[Commutative diagram]], a graphical description of commuting compositions of arrows in a mathematical category
**[[Commutative semigroup]], [[commutative monoid]], [[abelian group]], and [[commutative ring]], algebraic structures with the commutative property
**[[Commuting matrices]], sets of matrices whose products do not depend on the order of multiplication
**[[Commutator]], a measure of the failure of two elements to be commutative in a group or ring
*[[Commutation matrix]], a permutation matrix which is used for transforming the vectorized form of another matrix into the vectorized form of its transpose

==Science and technology==
* [[Commutator (electric)]], a rotary switch on the shaft of an electric motor or generator
* [[Commutation (neurophysiology)]], how certain neural circuits in the brain exhibit noncommutativity
* [[Commutation (telemetry)]], a form of time-division multiplexing
* Commutation, a synonym for [[packet switching]] in computer networking and telecommunications

==Other uses==
* [[Commutation (law)]] (of sentence), a reduction in severity of punishment
* [[wikt:commute#verb|Commutation]] (finance) (law) to lessen periodic dues (usually rents, fares or tithes) by paying a lump sum
* Commutation (finance) under a cash option, [[wikt:encashment|encashment]].  The act of a [[pension]] member/annuitant who gives up part or all in exchange for a lump sum payment.

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