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permutation

Pronunciation: /pəːmjʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

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Definition of permutation

noun

each of several possible ways in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged:his thoughts raced ahead to fifty different permutations of what he must do
[mass noun] Mathematics the action of changing the arrangement, especially the linear order, of a set of items.
British a selection of a specified number of matches in a football pool.

Derivatives

permutational

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'exchange, barter'): via Old French from Latin permutatio(n-), from the verb permutare 'change completely' (see permute)