permutation

(noun)

noun

1. an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Similar word(s): replacement, substitution, switch, transposition

Definition categories: event, fluctuation, variation

2. the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements

Definition categories: act, operation

3. complete change in character or condition

- the permutations...taking place in the physical world

Definition categories: act, transformation, translation

4. act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group

Definition categories: act, reordering

Sentences with permutation as a noun:

- Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense.?

- This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.

- There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.