permutation
Collocations
2ADJ.
possible
PERMUTATION + NOUN
element, world
Definitions
noun
One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense?
A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.
An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.
A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.
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Synonyms
noun — an event in which one thing is substituted for another
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense?
WiktionaryThis permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.
WiktionaryThere are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.
WiktionaryEvery possible permutation of our world exists in a separate universe.
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