commutation vs transposing

commutation

noun
  • Substitution of one thing for another; interchange. 

  • The reversal of an electric current. 

  • The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State 

  • Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes. 

  • The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting. 

  • Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour. 

transposing

noun
  • A transposition. 

adj
  • a musical instrument that is written in a different pitch to how it sounds, often for ease of playing multiple instruments of the same family that have different ranges. 

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