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- DictionaryPer·mute/pərˈmyo͞ot/
verb
- 1. submit to a process of alteration, rearrangement, or permutation: technical "we wish to permute the order of the bytes"
Permute definition: to alter; change. See examples of PERMUTE used in a sentence.
Feb 2, 2024 · permute (third-person singular simple present permutes, present participle permuting, simple past and past participle permuted) ( transitive) change the order of. permute the data. ( transitive, mathematics) make a permutation of. Synonym: (less common) permutate.
permute /pəˈmjuːt/ vb (transitive) to change the sequence of. to subject to permutation. Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin permūtāre, from per- + mūtāre to change, alter. 'permute' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): permutate - permutation.
Permute definition: To change the order of.
definition 1: to change the order of; alter the sequence of. definition 2: to subject (the order of mathematical elements) to permutation. related words: change, convert. derivations: permutable (adj.), permutably (adv.), permutability (n.)
noun. us / ˌpɝː.mjuːˈteɪ.ʃ ə n / uk / ˌpɜː.mjuːˈteɪ.ʃ ə n / permutation noun (DIFFERENT WAY/FORM) Add to word list. [ C usually plural ] formal. any of the various ways in which a set of things can be ordered: There are 120 permutations of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5: for example, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5 or 5, 1, 4, 2, 3.
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