alternation

alternation
Permutation Per`mu*ta"tion, n. [L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See {Permute}.] 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. [1913 Webster]

The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. --Burke. [1913 Webster]

2. (Math.) (a) 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. (b) Any one of such possible arrangements. [1913 Webster]

3. (Law) Barter; exchange. [1913 Webster]

{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. [1913 Webster]


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  • Alternation — may refer to:*Alternation (card game) *Alternation (linguistics), a variation in the phonological form of a morpheme *Diathesis alternation *Alternation (algorithms), see Alternating Turing machine *R/N alternation, see Rhotacism * AlterNation, a …   Wikipedia

  • Alternation — Al ter*na tion, n. [L. alternatio: cf. F. alternation.] 1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • alternation — ● alternation nom féminin Synonyme de disjonction. ● alternation (synonymes) nom féminin Synonymes : disjonction alternation [altɛʀnɑsjɔ̃] n. f. ÉTYM. XIVe, alternacion; lat. alternatio, du supin de alternare. → Alterner …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Alternation — (v. lat.), Ab od. Verwechslung. Daher Alternation der Größen, Verwechslung der Größen in ihrer Ordnung od. Stelle, z.B. ac u. ca; bei 2 Größen können deren nur 2, bei 3 schon 6, bei 424 u. s. s. vorgenommen werden, so daß 10 Größen 3,628,800 Mal… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • alternation — Alternation, Alternatio. Par alternations, L un apres l autre, Chacun sa fois, ou à son tour, Alternis, Alterna vice, Alternis vicibus, Per alternas vices. Par alternation et changements d ans, Vicibus annorum …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Alternation — (lat.), Abwechselung …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Alternation — (lat.), Abwechslung; alternātim, alternatīv, wechselweise, abwechselnd …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Alternation — Alternation, Verwechslung, Veränderung, Abwechslung …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • alternation — index cycle, interchange, sequence, vicissitudes Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Alternation — Alternation,die:⇨Ablösung(2) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • alternation — (n.) mid 15c., from O.Fr. alternacion, from L. alternationem (nom. alternatio), noun of action from pp. stem of alternare (see ALTERNATE (Cf. alternate) (v.)) …   Etymology dictionary

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