Meaning of Permutation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
   countable, uncountable
2. A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
   countable, uncountable
3. An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
   countable, uncountable
4. A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense?”

“This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.”

“There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.”

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