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Permutation   /pˌərmjutˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Permutation

noun
1.
An event in which one thing is substituted for another.  Synonyms: replacement, substitution, switch, transposition.
2.
The act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements.
3.
Complete change in character or condition.
4.
Act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group.





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"Permutation" Quotes from Famous Books



... the masculine is i, of the neuter u, and, as I have already observed, a permutation of the semi-vowels l and r takes place, the letter becoming l in the masculine, r in the neuter. A slight difference in many words is noticeable when pronounced by women or by men. The former would say keretin, to marry; the latter kerejun. The gender ...
— The Arawack Language of Guiana in its Linguistic and Ethnological Relations • Daniel G. Brinton
... perfectly fascinated with the mathematical rules of "combination, permutation, and variation," but unhappily I could not give much time to their study, which I have regretted ever since. Otherwise, what I learned from the lectures was too slight for what I wanted, being, unluckily, altogether foreign to my nature, and more often ...
— Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel • Friedrich Froebel


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