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Permutation vs Amalgam - What's the difference?

permutation | amalgam |

As nouns the difference between permutation and amalgam

is that permutation is permutation while amalgam is amalgam (alloy containing mercury).

permutation

English

Noun

(wikipedia permutation) (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
    • This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.
  • (mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
    • There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.
  • (music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.

    • Anagrams

    * importunate

    See also

    * (combinatorics) combination ----

    amalgam

    English

    (wikipedia amalgam)

    Noun

    (amalgams)
  • (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury
  • A combination of different things

    • Synonyms

    * alloy, blend, combo, compound, mixture

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic, ambitransitive) To amalgamate.
    • (Boyle)
    (Ben Jonson)

    References

    ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • (l)

    • Declension

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