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permutation

DEFINITIONS OF: permutation

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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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