'Permutation' definitions:
Definition of 'permutation'
From: WordNet
noun
An event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" [syn: substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch]
noun
The act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements
noun
Complete change in character or condition; "the permutations...taking place in the physical world"- Henry Miller
noun
Act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group
Definition of 'Permutation'
From: GCIDE
- Permutation \Per`mu*ta"tion\ (p[~e]r`m[-u]"t[=a]"sn[u^]n), n. [L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See Permute.]
- 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. [1913 Webster]
- The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Math.) (a) 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. (b) Any one of such possible arrangements. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) Barter; exchange. [1913 Webster]
- Permutation lock, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'permutation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alteration,
- alternation,
- avatar,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- catabolism,
- catalysis,
- commutation,
- consubstantiation,
- cooperation,
- counterchange,
- cross fire,
- displacement,
- exchange,
- give-and-take,
- heterotopia,
- innovation,
- interchange,
- intermutation,
- interplay,
- lex talionis,
- measure for measure,
- metabolism,
- metagenesis,
- metamorphism,
- metamorphosis,
- metastasis,
- metathesis,
- metempsychosis,
- modification,
- mutant,
- mutated form,
- mutation,
- mutual admiration,
- mutual support,
- mutual transfer,
- mutuality,
- novelty,
- quid pro quo,
- reciprocality,
- reciprocation,
- reciprocity,
- reincarnation,
- retaliation,
- something for something,
- sport,
- tit for tat,
- transanimation,
- transfiguration,
- transfigurement,
- transformation,
- transformism,
- translation,
- translocation,
- transmigration,
- transmogrification,
- transmutation,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- transubstantiation,
- vicissitude