PERMUTATION
\pˌɜːmjuːtˈe͡ɪʃən], \pˌɜːmjuːtˈeɪʃən], \p_ˌɜː_m_j_uː_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PERMUTATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group
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complete change in character or condition; "the permutations...taking place in the physical world"- Henry Miller
By Princeton University
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act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group
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complete change in character or condition; "the permutations...taking place in the physical world"- Henry Miller
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.
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Any one of such possible arrangements.
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Barter; exchange.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.
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Any one of such possible arrangements.
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Barter; exchange.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The exchange of one thing for another; any one of the ways in which a number of objects, letters, numbers, etc., may be arranged or combined.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of changing one thing for another: (math.) the arrangement of things or letters in every possible order.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Arrangement of a number of things in every possible order; interchange.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Act of permuting; mutual transference;—exchange; barter;—especially the exchange of one living or benefice for another;—in algebra, the change in the arrangement or progressive succession of any determinate number of letters, figures, quantities, &c.;—one of the many possible ways in which a given number of letters, figures, &c., can be arranged or combined.
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