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permutation

Syllables: per·mu·ta·tion/ˌpɜː.mjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/US/ˌpɝ.mjʊˈteɪ.ʃ(ə)n/

permutation noun: one of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.

Noun

permutation (countable and uncountable, plural permutations)

  1. 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?
  2. 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.
  3. An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
    • There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.
  4. A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.

permutation meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog

permutation in Tamil

சேர்வரிசைகள், வரிசைமாற்றம், முறைமைமாற்றம்

permutation in Malayalam

alteration, variation, modification
പരസ്പരമാറ്റം, മാറ്റം, തമ്മിൽ മാറ്റൽ, വിനിമയം, വ്യതിയാനം, പ്രകാരാന്തരീകരണം

permutation in Kannada

permutation
ಅಂಕಪಾಶ aṅkapāśa

permutation in Tagalog

ordering of a set of distinct elements
pamalitan
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permutation in Arabic
تَبْدِيل tabdīl
permutation in Malay
pilih atur
permutation in Indonesian
permutasi
permutation in Vietnamese
hoán vị

Examples of permutation in a sentence

  • After that, towards mid-game, it gets complicated, with far too many variables, permutations and combination.
  • The Donald's strange pompadour and Hillary's strange server have eclipsed all the usual primary permutations.
  • We favor hunter-tatherer ontology, based on empirical evidence, rather than armchair ontology based on permutations and combinations.

All 24 example sentences with permutation

Forms of permutation

pluralpermutations

Plural of permutation: permutations

Origin of permutation

From Middle English permutacioun, permutacyoun, from Old French permutacïon, promutatïon and Medieval Latin permūtātiōnem, accusative of permūtātiō. Morphologically permute + -ation.

Words formed from permutation

Phrases with permutation

Words that rhyme with permutation

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Questions about permutation

What does permutation mean?
Permutation means one of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
What is permutation in Tamil?
Permutation in Tamil is சேர்வரிசைகள், வரிசைமாற்றம், முறைமைமாற்றம். See Permutation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is permutation?
Permutation is a noun.
How do you pronounce permutation?
Permutation is pronounced /ˌpɜː.mjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of permutation?
The plural of permutation is permutations.

Words near permutation in the dictionary

  1. permutants
  2. permutate
  3. permutated
  4. permutates
  5. permutating
  6. permutation
  7. permutation box
  8. permutation boxes
  9. permutation group
  10. permutation groups
  11. permutation lock

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: permutation (page history and authors); permutation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); permutation (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಅಂಕಪಾಶ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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