Permutation vs Anomaly - What's the difference?
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(mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
(mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
(music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.
A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43
Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
(science) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
(astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
(biology) A defect or malformation.
(quantum physics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
(dated) An irregularity or disproportion.
Permutation is a related term of anomaly.
As nouns the difference between permutation and anomaly
is that permutation is permutation while anomaly is a deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal.permutation
English
Noun
(wikipedia permutation) (en noun)- This permutation takes each element to the one following it, with the last mapped back to the first.
- There are six permutations of three elements, e.g. {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}.
Anagrams
* importunateSee also
* (combinatorics) combination ----anomaly
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(wikipedia anomaly)Noun
(anomalies)- This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
- He is an anomaly among his friends.