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
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Other Word Forms of Permutation

Noun

Singular:
permutation
Plural:
permutations

Origin of Permutation

  • From Old French permutacion (French: permutation).

    From Wiktionary

Permutation Sentence Examples

  • Separation anxiety disorder is one permutation of anxiety disorders that is common in children.

  • For two hours, every possible permutation of family or friends was snapped in a variety of locations.

  • An almost classical permutation group of small degree is examined with some elementary GAP 3 commands.

  • The permutation group arising by the induced action is then the image of this operation homomorphism.

  • If the second argument is a permutation permutation perm then the classes of the result are sorted by application of this permutation.

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Words Starting With

PPEPER

Words Ending With

NONION

Unscrambles

permutation

Words Starting With P and Ending With N

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With P11 Letter Words Ending With N