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 Commutation (finance) (law) to lessen periodic dues (usually rents, fares or tithes) by paying a lump sum Commutation (finance) under a cash option, encashment. The act of a pension member/annuitant who gives up part or all in exchange for a lump sum payment.