permute

[per-myoot]

per·mute

[per-myoot]
verb (used with object), per·mut·ed, per·mut·ing.
1.
to alter; change.
2.
Mathematics. to subject to permutation.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin permūtāre to change throughout. See per-, mutate

per·mut·a·ble, adjective
per·mut·a·bil·i·ty, per·mut·a·ble·ness, noun
per·mut·a·bly, adverb
per·mut·er, noun
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Permute is always a great word to know.
So is proportion. Does it mean:
a relation of four quantities such that the first divided by the second is equal to the third divided by the fourth; the equality of ratios
a number that is a submultiple of all the numbers of a given set
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permute (pəˈmjuːt)
 
vb
1.  to change the sequence of
2.  maths to subject to permutation
 
[C14: from Latin permūtāre, from per- + mūtāre to change, alter]
 
per'mutable
 
adj
 
permuta'bility
 
n
 
per'mutableness
 
n
 
per'mutably
 
adv

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