Every possible permutation of our world exists in a separate universe.
Source: tatoeba (11089755)
Permutation
//ˌpɝ.mjʊˈteɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "permutation" (74 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
Related word relations
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8 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَبْدِيل noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пермутация noun (one-to-one mapping)
- разместване noun (one-to-one mapping)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 排列 noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Czech
2 entries- permutace noun (one-to-one mapping)
- permutace noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Esperanto
2 entries- permutaĵo noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
- permuto noun (one-to-one mapping)
Finnish
3 entries- permutaatio noun (one-to-one mapping)
- permutaatio noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
- permutaatio noun (music: transformation of a set's prime form)
French
2 entries- permutation noun (one-to-one mapping)
- permutation noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Georgian
1 entries- გადანაცვლება noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
German
1 entries- Permutation noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Indonesian
1 entries- permutasi noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Italian
2 entries- permutazione noun (one-to-one mapping)
- permutazione noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Malay
1 entries- pilih atur noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Māori
1 entries- whiriwhiringa raupapa noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- permutasjon noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Polish
2 entries- permutacja noun (one-to-one mapping)
- permutacja noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Portuguese
3 entries- permutação noun (one-to-one mapping)
- permutação noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
- permutação noun (music: transformation of a set's prime form)
Romanian
2 entries- permutare noun (one-to-one mapping)
- permutație noun (one-to-one mapping)
Russian
4 entries- перестано́вка noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
- пермута́ция noun (one-to-one mapping)
- пермута́ция noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
- пермута́ция noun (music: transformation of a set's prime form)
Spanish
2 entries- permutación noun (one-to-one mapping)
- permutación noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Swedish
2 entries- permutation noun (one-to-one mapping)
- permutation noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Tagalog
1 entries- pamalitan noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Turkish
1 entries- permütasyon noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hoán vị noun (ordering of a set of distinct elements)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense?
Source: wiktionary
This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.
Source: wiktionary
There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.
Source: wiktionary
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