per·mu·ta·tion /ˌpɝmjʊˈteʃən/
交換,排列
permutation
排列;置換
permutation
排列 置換
Per·mu·ta·tion n.
1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.
The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. --Burke.
2. Math. (a) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4. (b) Any one of such possible arrangements.
3. Law Barter; exchange.
Permutation lock, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking.
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permutation
n 1: an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the
replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor
blood" [syn: substitution, transposition, replacement,
switch]
2: the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of
elements
3: complete change in character or condition; "the
permutations...taking place in the physical world"- Henry
Miller
4: act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group