permute
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See also: permuté
Etymology
From Middle English permuten, from Old French permuter, from Latin permūtāre.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈmjuːt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
permute (third-person singular simple present permutes, present participle permuting, simple past and past participle permuted)
- (transitive) To change the order of.
- Synonym: (less common) permutate
- to permute the data
- (transitive, mathematics) To make a permutation of.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to change the order of something
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(mathematics) to make a permutation
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References
- “permūten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “permute”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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