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}.