[{"word":"permutation","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense?"},{"definition":"A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first."},{"definition":"An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}."},{"definition":"A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/permutation"]}]