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permutation

N การ เปลี่ยน ลำดับ  alteration transformation transmutation kan-plian-lam-dub

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERMUTATION

n.[L. permutatio, permuto; per and muto, to change. ] 1. In commerce, exchange of one thing for another; barter.
2. In the canon law, the exchange of one benefice for another.
3. In algebra, change or different combination of any number of quantities.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERMUTATION

Per `mu *ta "tion, n. Etym: [L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See Permute. ]

 

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 )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

permutation

per mu ta tion |ˌpərmyo͝oˈtāSHən ˌpərmjuˈteɪʃən | noun a way, esp. one of several possible variations, in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged: his thoughts raced ahead to fifty different permutations of what he must do. Mathematics the action of changing the arrangement, esp. the linear order, of a set of items. DERIVATIVES per mu ta tion al |-ˈtāSHənəl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense exchange, barter ): via Old French from Latin permutatio (n- ), from the verb permutare change completely (see permute ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

permutation

per ¦mu |ta ¦tion |pəːmjʊˈteɪʃ (ə )n | noun each of several possible ways in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged: his thoughts raced ahead to fifty different permutations of what he must do. [ mass noun ] Mathematics the action of changing the arrangement, especially the linear order, of a set of items. Brit. a selection of a specified number of matches in a football pool. DERIVATIVES permutational adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense exchange, barter ): via Old French from Latin permutatio (n- ), from the verb permutare change completely (see permute ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

permutation

permutation noun all the possible permutations were explored: arrangement, combination, order, configuration, disposition, organization, sorting, grouping, variation, selection.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

permutation

permutation noun all the possible permutations were explored. See disposition (sense 3 ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Permutation

Per mu ta ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Permutati o n |die Permutation; Genitiv: der Permutation, Plural: die Permutationen 1 lateinisch permutatio bildungssprachlich, Fachsprache Austausch, Umstellung 2 Mathematik Umstellung in der Reihenfolge bei einer Zusammenstellung einer bestimmten Anzahl geordneter Größen 3 Sprachwissenschaft Umstellung, Vertauschung von Wörtern, Satzgliedern innerhalb eines Satzes unter Wahrung ihrer syntaktischen Funktion

 

French Dictionary

permutation

permutation n. f. nom féminin Échange réciproque. : La permutation des pneus d ’une voiture.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

permutation

per mu ta tion /pə̀ː r mjutéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 C 並べ替え ; 入れ替え ; 順序の変更 .2 U C 〘数 〙順列, 置換 .3 C ⦅英 ⦆(サッカー賭博 とばく で )試合の組み合わせ (perm 2 ).