PERMUTATIONS
16
Scrabble
20
WWF
P(3) E(1) R(1) M(3) U(1) T(1) A(1) T(1) I(1) O(1) N(1) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
noun
- One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.“Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense?”
- A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.“This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.”
- An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.“There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.”
- A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.
Source: Wiktionary
