permutation
noun
[ pəːmjʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n ]
• each of several possible ways in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged.
• "his thoughts raced ahead to fifty different permutations of what he must do"
Similar:
arrangement,
order,
grouping,
disposition,
presentation,
sorting,
organization,
combination,
variation,
transformation,
transposition,
perm,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘exchange, barter’): via Old French from Latin permutatio(n- ), from the verb permutare ‘change completely’ (see permute).
