Permutation

Definition:

  • (n.) The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Any one of such possible arrangements.
  • (n.) Barter; exchange.

Compare permutation with other words:

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permutation vs. permute

alternation vs. permutation

importunate vs. permutation

permutation vs. retrograde

inversion vs. permutation

permutation vs. transposition

permutation vs. set

combination vs. permutation

ablaut vs. permutation