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Permutation   /pˌərmjutˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Permutation

noun
1.
An event in which one thing is substituted for another.  Synonyms: replacement, substitution, switch, transposition.
2.
The act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements.
3.
Complete change in character or condition.
4.
Act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group.





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"Permutation" Quotes from Famous Books



... and these virtues are there, however eclipsed. They appear and reappear and continue to attract; but the regard changes, quits the sign and attaches to the substance. This repairs the wounded affection. Meantime, as life wears on, it proves a game of permutation and combination of all possible positions of the parties, to employ all the resources of each, and acquaint each with the weakness of the other.... At last they discover that all which at first drew them together—those once sacred features, that magical play of charms—was deciduous, ...
— Emerson and Other Essays • John Jay Chapman
... is holden fable; Virtue hath now no domination; Pity exil'd, no wight is merciable; Through covetise is blent* discretion; *blinded The worlde hath made permutation From right to wrong, from truth to fickleness, That all is lost for lack ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer


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