1 | noun | an event in which one thing is substituted for another 2 | noun | the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements 3 | noun | complete change in character or condition 4 | noun | act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group

p, ermyoot'eyshuhn (IPA: pˌɝmjutˈeɪʃən)

per-mu-ta-tion (11 letters | 4 syllables)

1362 (Late Middle ages) (663 years ago)

Old French | Latin

permutations

replacement | substitution | switch | transposition

fluctuation | variation | mathematical operation | mathematical process | operation | transformation | translation | reordering (total: 8)

abbreviation | abdication | aberration | abomination | abrogation | acceleration | acclimation | accommodation | accreditation | accumulation | accusation | acidification | activation | adaptation | adjudication | ... (total: 671) (based on typical American pronunciation)

commutation | fermentation

importunate

Spanish: | permutación (mathematics) French: | permutation (mathematics) Portuguese: | permutação (mathematics) German: | Versetzung (mathematics) | Permutation (mathematics) Japanese: | 置換 (common noun) | 順列 (common noun)

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15 (International English) | 15 (North American English)