permutation

1. n. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. Any one of such possible arrangements. Source: opted

4. n. Barter; exchange. Source: opted

5. n. an event in which one thing is substituted for another Source: wordnet

6. n. the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements Source: wordnet

7. n. complete change in character or condition Source: wordnet

8. n. act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group Source: wordnet

9. 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. Burke. 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. 3. (Law) Barter; exchange. 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. Source: webster

10. Barter; exchange. Permutation lock, a lock in which the partscan be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangementsof the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking. Source: adambom

11. n:100 n. the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements n. complete change in character or condition n. act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group Source: ecdict

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