Word Meanings - PERMUTATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Barter; exchange. Permutation lock, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking. (more info) 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing

Additional info about word: PERMUTATION

Barter; exchange. Permutation lock, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking. (more info) 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. Burke. The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4. Any one of such possible arrangements.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PERMUTATION)

• Alteration
• Variation
• difference
• diversification
• shifting
• modification
• change
• permutation
• mutation
• mutability
• Inversion
• Reversal
• deflection
• alteration
• violation
• transposition

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PERMUTATION)

• Conserve
• retain
• stabilitate
• fix
• clinch
• stand
• endure
• last
• hold

Related words: (words related to PERMUTATION)

• MODIFICATION
  The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light. Bentley.
• VARIATION
  Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc. (more info) 1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation;
• MUTABILITY
  The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation. Plato confessed that the heavens and the frame of the world
• CHANGEFUL
  Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope. His course had been changeful. Motley. -- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n.
• MUTATION
  Change; alteration, either in form or qualities. The vicissitude or mutations in the superior globe are no fit matter for this present argument. Bacon.
• RETAINMENT
  The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
• SHIFT
  divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part, to shift, to change, Dan skifte, Sw. skifta, and probably to Icel. skifa to cut into slices, as n., a 1. To divide; to distribute; to apportion. To
• STANDARD
  The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend,
• STANDPOINT
  A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
• ALTERATION
  1. The act of altering or making different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. Hooker. 2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. Ere long might perceive
• STANDPIPE
  A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level
• ENDUREMENT
  Endurance. South.
• CHANGEABLY
  In a changeable manner.
• SHIFTER
  An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions. An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another. A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc. (more info)
• STABILITATE
  To make stable; to establish. Dr. H. More.
• STANDAGE
  A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.
• CHANGE
  1. To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance. Therefore will I change their glory into shame. Hosea. iv. 7. 2. To alter by
• DIFFERENCE
  An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency. (more info) 1. The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or
• SHIFTLESS
  Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless
• PERMUTATION
  Barter; exchange. Permutation lock, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking. (more info) 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing
• TRANSMUTATIONIST
  One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• INTERMUTATION
  Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.
• REEXCHANGE
  To exchange anew; to reverse .
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• EXCHANGE EDITOR
  An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication.
• COUNTERCHANGED
  Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure. (more info)
• COUNTERCHANGE
  1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange. 2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2. With-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. Tennyson.
• UNDERSTANDINGLY
  In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved.
• STILLSTAND
  A standstill. Shak.