Permutation

[pɜːmjʊ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or ['pɝmjʊ'teʃən]

Definition

(noun.) act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group.

(noun.) complete change in character or condition; 'the permutations...taking place in the physical world'- Henry Miller.

(noun.) the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements.

Checked by Angelique--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.

(n.) 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.

(n.) Any one of such possible arrangements.

(n.) Barter; exchange.

Checker: Vivian

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Interchange, transference, transposition

ANT:stabilisation, retention, fixity, sequence, order, series, succession

Editor: Nolan