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Synonyms for permutation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pur-myoo-tey-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɜr myʊˈteɪ ʃən

Définition of permutation

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French permutacion "change, shift" (14c.), from Latin permutationem (nominative permutatio) "a change, alteration, revolution," noun of action from past participle stem of permutare "change thoroughly, exchange," from per- "thoroughly" (see per) + mutare "to change" (see mutable).
  • noun change
Example sentences :
  • What artifice can we then employ to provoke this second permutation?
  • Extract from : « Bramble-bees and Others » by J. Henri Fabre
  • The first permutation makes the second seem very probable, although I cannot as yet conceive a means of realizing it.
  • Extract from : « Bramble-bees and Others » by J. Henri Fabre
  • This indicates the distinction between the permutation of letters and the transition of letters.
  • Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • It is clear how very different the results would become by the permutation and combination of these diverse factors.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • He is not a permutation and combination of old elements, transferred through the parents.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • The economic reform wrought is largely of the nature of a permutation in the methods of conspicuous waste.
  • Extract from : « The Theory of the Leisure Class » by Thorstein Veblen
  • Let this be learned to perfection, backwards and forwards, or by permutation of words, and repeated the next day.
  • Extract from : « The Mystic Will » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • We may thus select the four coins in one hundred ways, and the four removed may be arranged by permutation in twenty-four ways.
  • Extract from : « Amusements in Mathematics » by Henry Ernest Dudeney
  • This permutation is made very convenient by the sentences being printed in sections which may be moved about and combined at will.
  • Extract from : « Montessori Elementary Materials » by Maria Montessori
  • Nevertheless, it is much easier to give the child a vivid impression of them by the permutation of parts than by explanation.
  • Extract from : « Montessori Elementary Materials » by Maria Montessori

Antonyms for permutation

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