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permutation
noun(per-mu-ta-tion)often major or fundamental change (as in character or condition) based primarily on rearrangement of existent elements; also : a form or variety resulting from such change
permutation
noun(per-mu-ta-tion)the act or process of changing the lineal order of an ordered set of objects
permutation
noun(per-mu-ta-tion)an ordered arrangement of a set of objects
permutation
noun(per-mu-ta-tion)a group whose elements are permutations and in which the product of two permutations is a permutation whose effect is the same as the successive application of the first two
permutation
noun(per-mu-ta-tion)a permutation that is produced by the successive application of an even number of interchanges of pairs of elements
permutation
noun(per-mu-ta-tion)a permutation that is produced by the successive application of an odd number of interchanges of pairs of elements