Associations to the word «Permutation»

PERMUTATION, noun. One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.

PERMUTATION, noun. (mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.

PERMUTATION, noun. (mathematics) (combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.

PERMUTATION, noun. (music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.

PERMUTATION GROUP, noun. (group theory) a group whose elements represent permutation of a set

PERMUTATION LOCK, noun. (dated) combination lock

PERMUTATION, noun. An event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood".

PERMUTATION, noun. The act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements.

PERMUTATION, noun. Complete change in character or condition; "the permutations...taking place in the physical world"- Henry Miller.

PERMUTATION, noun. Act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group.