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Meaning of 'permutation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Permutation [ n.]
- The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.
- The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4.
- Any one of such possible arrangements.
- Barter; exchange.

Meaning of 'permutation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . permutation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- complete change in character or condition
Example in sentence:
  • the permutations...taking place in the physical world
Meaning (2):
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
Example in sentence:
  • the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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