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Definition of: permutation
(pûr′my
·tā′shən) noun
1. The act of permuting; change; transformation.
2. Math. a Change in the order of sequence of elements or objects in a series; especially, the making of all possible changes of sequence, as abc, acb, bac, bca, etc. b Any one of the arrangements thus made: distinguished from combination. [<OF permutacion <L permutatio, -onis <permutatus, pp. of permutare. See PERMUTE.]
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