permutation
/pərˈmjuːtəʃən/ · per.mu·ta·tion
noun
- One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered. Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense?
noun
- A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself. This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.
noun
- An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements. There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Did you know? The concept of permutations has been used in various fields, including mathematics, computer science, and cryptography, to solve problems and create secure codes.