Permutation Definition

pûrmyo͝o-tāshən
permutations
noun
permutations
The process of altering the order of a given set of objects in a group.
American Heritage
The result of such a process; a rearrangement or recombination of elements.
Permutations of gene order.
American Heritage
Any radical alteration; total transformation.
Webster's New World
A complete rearrangement, esp. by interchanging.
Webster's New World
Any of the total number of groupings, or subsets, into which a group, or set, of elements can be arranged in a particular order: the permutations of A, B, and C taken two at a time are AB, BA, AC, CA, BC, CB.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Permutation

Noun

Singular:
permutation
Plural:
permutations

Origin of Permutation

  • From Old French permutacion (French: permutation).

    From Wiktionary

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