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permutation
DEFINITIONS OF:
permutation
1
n
complete change in character or condition
“"the
permutations
...taking place in the physical world"- Henry Miller”
Type of:
transformation
,
translation
the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
n
act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group
Type of:
reordering
a rearrangement in a different order
n
the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements
Type of:
mathematical operation
,
mathematical process
,
operation
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
n
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
Synonyms:
replacement
,
substitution
,
switch
,
transposition
Type of:
fluctuation
,
variation
an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
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