permutation
IPA: pɝmjutˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
- (mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
- (mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
- (music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.
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Examples of "permutation" in Sentences
- The contents define a permutation.
- The number of permutations is again 66.
- There are permutations between the numbers.
- This does not permute in the sense of permutations.
- The cycle index of a permutation group is the average.
- One of the methods is based on the permutation polynomials.
- The notion of permutation is used in the following contexts.
- This yields the following description of the permutation types.
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