permutation
1. an event in which one thing is substituted for another - the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood • Syn: substitution, transposition, replacement, switch • Derivationally related forms: switch (for: switch), replace (for: replacement), substitute (for: substitution) • Hypernyms: variation, fluctuation 2. the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements • Derivationally related forms: permute • Hypernyms: mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation 3. complete change in character or condition - "the permutations...taking place in the physical world"- Henry Miller • Hypernyms: transformation, translation 4. act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group • Derivationally related forms: permute • Hypernyms: reordering
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