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Permutation

Permutation Meaning & Definition
Permutation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Permutation?

[n] act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group
[n] complete change in character or condition; "the permutations...taking place in the physical world"- Henry Miller
[n] the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements
[n] an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Permutation: replacement | substitution | switch | transposition

Related Terms | Find terms related to Permutation: alteration | alternation | avatar | battledore and shuttlecock | catabolism | catalysis | commutation | consubstantiation | cooperation | counterchange | cross fire | displacement | exchange | give-and-take | heterotopia | innovation | interchange | intermutation | interplay | lex talionis | measure for measure | metabolism | metagenesis | metamorphism | metamorphosis | metastasis | metathesis | metempsychosis | modification | mutant | mutated form | mutation | mutual admiration | mutual support | mutual transfer | mutuality | novelty | quid pro quo | reciprocality | reciprocation | reciprocity | reincarnation | retaliation | something for something | sport | tit for tat | transanimation | transfiguration | transfigurement | transformation | transformism | translation | translocation | transmigration | transmogrification | transmutation | transposal | transposition | transubstantiation | vicissitude

See Also | fluctuation | mathematical operation | mathematical process | operation | reordering | transformation | translation | variation

Permutation In Webster's Dictionary

\Per`mu*ta"tion\, n. [L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See {Permute}.] 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. --Burke. 2. (Math.) (a) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also {alternation}. Cf. {Combination}, n., 4. (b) Any one of such possible arrangements. 3. (Law) Barter; exchange. {Permutation lock}, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking.
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