permutation

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle English permutacioun, permutacyoun, from Old French permutacïon, promutatïon and Medieval Latin permūtātiōnem, accusative of permūtātiō. Morphologically permute + -ation.

Example Sentences

• "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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