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rearrangement

rearrangements

Definitions of rearrangement
  1. noun
    changing an arrangement
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    juggle, juggling
    the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression
    musical chairs
    a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance
    reordering
    a rearrangement in a different order
    transposition
    (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
    permutation
    act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group
    reversal, transposition
    the act of reversing the order or place of
    overtaking, passing
    going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
    make, shuffle, shuffling
    the act of mixing cards haphazardly
    type of:
    arrangement, arranging, transcription
    the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
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