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Word: permutation (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • mathematics A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
  • combinatorics An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
  • music A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.

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