Found 2 items, similar to permutation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: permutation permutation n 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] 2: the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements 3: complete change in character or condition; “the permutations...taking place in the physical world”- Henry Miller 4: act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group
English → English (gcide) Definition: Permutation Permutation \Per`mu*ta"tion\, 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]