permutational
|per-mu-ta-tion-al|
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/ˌpɝːmjəˈteɪʃənəl/
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/ˌpɜːmjʊˈteɪʃ(ə)nəl/
(permute)
rearrangement of order
Etymology
'permutational' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'permūtāre', where 'per-' meant 'thoroughly' and 'mutare' meant 'to change'.
'permutational' changed from the Medieval Latin word 'permutatio' (meaning 'a changing thoroughly') and from the Late Latin/Old French developments gave the noun 'permutation' in Middle English, eventually forming the modern English adjective 'permutational'.
Initially, it meant 'to change thoroughly', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'relating to the rearrangement or ordering of elements'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
relating to or involving permutations; concerned with the arrangement or rearrangement of elements in different orders (often used in mathematics, statistics, or combinatorics).
The study used a permutational approach to assess the statistical significance of the observed pattern.
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