permutation — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense?

2. A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.

3. An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

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

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

Sostantivo

1. an event in which one thing is substituted for another

   Sinonimi

   substitutiontranspositionreplacementswitch

   Termini più generali

   variationfluctuation

   Esempi

   the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

2. the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements

   Termini più generali

   mathematical processmathematical operationoperation

3. complete change in character or condition

   Termini più generali

   transformationtranslation

4. act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group

   Termini più generali

   reordering