Having undergone commutation; switched or reversed in direction (especially of electric current in motors and generators).
Past participle of commutate, used as an adjective in electrical engineering to describe motors or currents that have been switched or reversed.
A 'commutated DC motor' uses carefully timed brushes to flip the current direction exactly when needed—it's a mechanical solution to controlling electricity that was genius before we had electronics!
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