the property of a binary operation or operator such that the result of one term operating on a second is equal to the result of the second term operating on the first.

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. It may be attached to the end of the spindle of an electric motor, where a brush is in contact sequentially with the parts of the spindle that conduct current to the different windings of the motor.

To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.

of or pertaining to commuting, in the sense of traveling; used for commuting; as, a commuter airline.

the process of travel by a commuter.

Mutual; reciprocal; united.

Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed.

An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.

a disk-shaped optical data storage medium approximately 4-3/4 in. in diameter, which stores binary data as microscopic nonreflective holes or pits in an otherwise reflective surface, and is recorded and played back by rotation in an electronic device containing a laser. It is often referred to by its abbreviation CD. It is a type of optical data storage medium. Compact disks are used for recordings of music as well as of data for computer applications.

an electronic device containing a laser, used to read or play back the data on a compact disk. The term is usually used for the type of device used to play music recordings. That used for data storgage n coputer applications is usually called a CD drive. Called also CD player and informally, CD.

Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.

In a compact manner.

A state of being compact.

One who makes a compact.

That may be compacted.

The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.

In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.

The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.

Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction.

A system or structure of many parts united.

To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame.

Union of parts; structure.

Companionable; sociable.

Same as Impanator.

Companionable; sociable.

To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable.

companionlike; as, companionate marriage; a companionate dog.

Without a companion.

Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.

a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.

To associate.

a similarity allowing comparison; an approximate equivalence.

Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

One of two things compared together.

A making ready; provision.

The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.

According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.

An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire

One who compares.

To compare.

to compare prices for a given item from different vendors; -- usually for the purpose of finding the lowest price.

To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions.

The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment.

One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden.

divided up into compartments or categories.

divided up into compartments; as, a compartmented box.

See Copartner.

To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

Capable of being compassed or accomplished.

Rounded; arched.

An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move.

Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.

To pity.

Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable.

To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.

In a compassionate manner; mercifully.

The quality or state of being compassionate.

Having no compass.

The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties.

Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with.

Compatibility; consistency; fitness; agreement.

In a compatible manner.

Suffering or enduring together.

Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.

The condition of being compatriots.

To appear.

To be equal with; to match.

See Compear.

To make one yield or submit.

Capable of being compelled or constrained.

By compulsion.

Style of address or salutation; an appellation.

The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.

Serving to compel; compulsory.

One who compels or constrains.

A compendium; an epitome; a summary.

Short; compendious.

To sum or collect together.

Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.

In a compendious manner.

The state or quality of being compendious.

A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.

receiving money for services rendered.

To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.

receiving or eligible for compensation.

The act or principle of compensating.

Compensation.

One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.

Serving for compensation; making amends.

To compensate.

To delay.

To hold in check; to restrain.

To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.

The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.

Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.

In a competent manner; adequately; suitably.

Compatible; suitable; consistent.

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.

Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.

an agressive willingness to compete.

One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.

Acting in competition; competing; rival.

A woman who competes.

A competitress.

The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.

Compiler.

To put together; to construct; to build.

Compilation.

One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.

To compress; to shut up.

Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification.

Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.

Marked by, or causing, complacence.

In a complacent manner.

To lament; to bewail.

That may be complained of.

One who makes complaint.

One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer.