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permutation definition and meaning

n. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.
n. 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.
n. Any one of such possible arrangements.
n. Barter; exchange.