permutation
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
- (countable, uncountable) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
- (countable, uncountable) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
- (countable, uncountable) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.
Synonyms
transmutation
modification
aubstitute
Translations
permutation
permutación
permutazione
permutação
permutació
μετάθεση
permütasyon
Vertauschung ανταλλαγή υποκατάστασηPronounced as (IPA)
/ˌpɜː.mjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English permutacioun, permutacyoun, from Old French permutacïon, promutatïon and Medieval Latin permūtātiōnem, accusative of permūtātiō. Morphologically permute + -ation.
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