Word Meaning

Meaning of "permutation" and the crossword clue

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