permutation

permutation

See also: Permutation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɜː(ɹ)mjʊˈteɪʃən/

• Audio (southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

permutation (countable and uncountable, plural permutations)

1. 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?

2. (mathematics) 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.

3. (mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.

   There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.

4. (music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.

Translations

one-to-one mapping

Bulgarian: пермутация f (permutacija), разместване (bg) n (razmestvane) Czech: permutace f Esperanto: permuto Finnish: permutaatio (fi) French: permutation (fr) f Italian: permutazione (it) f Polish: permutacja f Portuguese: permutação (pt) f Romanian: permutare (ro) f, permutație (ro) f Russian: пермута́ция (ru) f (permutácija) Spanish: permutación f Swedish: permutation (sv) c

ordering of a set of distinct elements

Arabic: تَبْدِيل‎ (tabdīl) Chinese: Mandarin: 排列 (zh) (pàiliè) Czech: permutace f Esperanto: permutaĵo Finnish: permutaatio (fi) French: permutation (fr) f Georgian: გადანაცვლება (gadanacvleba) German: Permutation (de) f Indonesian: permutasi (id) Italian: permutazione (it) f Malay: pilih atur Maori: whiriwhiringa raupapa Norwegian: Bokmål: permutasjon Polish: permutacja f Portuguese: permutação (pt) f Russian: перестано́вка (ru) f (perestanóvka), пермута́ция (ru) f (permutácija) Spanish: permutación f Swedish: permutation (sv) c Tagalog: pamalitan Turkish: permütasyon (tr)

music: transformation of a set's prime form

Finnish: permutaatio (fi) Portuguese: permutação (pt) f Russian: пермута́ция (ru) f (permutácija)

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Estonian: (please verify) permutatsioon Latin: (please verify) permutatio (la) Slovak: (please verify) permutácia f

See also

• (combinatorics): combination

Anagrams

• importunate, premutation

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permūtātiō, from permūtāre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

permutation f (plural permutations)

1. permutation

   Synonym: interversion

Further reading

• “permutation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Swedish

Noun

permutation c

1. (mathematics) permutation; one-to-one mapping of a finite set to itself
2. (mathematics) permutation; an ordering of a finite set of distinct elements
3. (law) a change of the bylaws or instructions of a foundation from those set out in a testament

Declension

Declension of permutation
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	permutation	permutationen	permutationer	permutationerna
Genitive	permutations	permutationens	permutationers	permutationernas

See also

• permutera