permutation

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A linear permutation is simply called as a permutation.

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  1. noun A complete change; a transformation.
  2. noun The act of altering a given set of objects in a group.
  3. noun Mathematics A rearrangement of the elements of a set.

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  • With each permutation, the bill has steadily grown in size. —  linkfilter.net - fresh links
  • And still others who wonder why some other permutation wasn't considered or adopted. —  Home News Tribune - News
  • A linear permutation is simply called as a permutation. —  LearnHub Activities
  • There are numerous vendors that sell high-quality, extremely accurate lists of not just registered voters, but registered voters by vote history (voted in 3 of last 4 elections; vote in off year elections; vote in primaries; you name the permutation, it can be ordered). —  Lone Star Times
  • Some liberal minded White people, upon being called racist (or any other permutation -- asked to discuss racism, told there are racist implications to an issue area) by a person of color, react this way. —  The Debate Link
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  1. from Middle English permutacion, permutacyon, from Old French (and F.) permutation = Sp.permutacion = Portuguese permutação = Italian permutazione, from Latin permutatio(n-), from permutare, past participle permutatus, change throughout: see permute.
 

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