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UK
/pˌɜːmjuːtˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌpɝmjuˈteɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌpɝmjuˈteɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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an event in which one thing is substituted for another
the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood - act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group
- the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements
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complete change in character or condition
the permutations...taking place in the physical world
How To Use permutation In A Sentence
- I've given you the password to my heart in all its anagrammatic permutations; but you seem to insist this is nothing but a start; so herewith, at last comes the story of my first puppy— Spill
- It follows from Dirichlet's box principle, that in any permutation of 10 distinct numbers there exists an increasing subsequence of at least 4 numbers or a decreasing subsequence of at least 4 numbers.
- How does the counter generate the correct permutation of the binary numerals?
- One example he gives is the number of permutations possible with 59 objects - only slightly more than a deck of cards.
- Perhaps they're computing permutations of combinations?
- Chromosome-wide significance thresholds were determined by permutation as previously described.
- Some of these parameters change rapidly, others very slowly, and the possible permutations are nearly infinite.
- Now, since we're considering order, each of these combinations has a number of permutations.
- If a particle permutation P is applied to any state function for an assembly of particles, then there is no way of distinguishing the resulting permuted state function from the original unpermuted one by means of any observation at any time. Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory
- Even without considering the historical tendency he describes, this illustrates the movement of mythoi displacing themselves, or being displaced, away from the original, mythic scene through a series of permutations layering on additional plausibility. Anime Nano!