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Meaning of COMMUTATOR

Pronunciation:  'kâmyu`teytur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  switch for reversing the direction of an electric current
 

COMMUTATOR is a 10 letter word that starts with C.

 

 See Also: electric switch, electrical switch, switch

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Com"mu*ta`tor\, n. (Elec.)
A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an
electrical current; an attachment to certain electrical
machines, by means of which alternating currents are made to
be continuous or to have the same direction.

 

 

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