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

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