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permutations

permutations is the plural of permutation.

Meaning of permutation

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.

Phrases with permutations

Questions about permutations

What is permutations the plural of?
Permutations is the plural of permutation.

Words near permutations in the dictionary

  1. permutation groups
  2. permutation lock
  3. permutation locks
  4. permutational
  5. permutationally
  6. permutations
  7. permutative
  8. permutatively
  9. permutativity
  10. permutator
  11. permutators

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