different between permutation vs mutant

English

Etymology

From Middle English permutacioun, permutacyoun, from Old French permutacïon, promutatïon and Medieval Latin perm?t?ti?nem, accusative of perm?t?ti?.Morphologically permute +? -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

permutation (countable and uncountable, plural permutations)

1. One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.

   Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense?

2. (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.

3. (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}.

4. (music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.

Translations

See also

• (combinatorics): combination

Anagrams

• importunate, premutation

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perm?t?ti?, from perm?t?re.

Pronunciation

Noun

permutation f (plural permutations)

1. permutation

Synonyms

• interversion

Further reading

• “permutation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

permutation c

1. (mathematics) permutation; one-to-one mapping of a finite set to itself
2. (mathematics) permutation; an ordering of a finite set of distinct elements
3. (law) a change of the bylaws or instructions of a foundation from those set out in a testament

Declension

See also

• permutera

English

Etymology

From Latin m?t?ns, present participle of m?t?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mju?t?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mju?n?(t)/
• Hyphenation: mu?tant

Noun

mutant (plural mutants)

1. Something which has mutated, which has one or more new characteristics from a mutation.

2. (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

3. (computing) Synonym of mutex

Translations

Adjective

mutant (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.

2. (informal) Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

Translations

Related terms

• mutate
• mutation

Further reading

• mutant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mutant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Verb

mutant

1. present participle of mutar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mutant]

Noun

mutant m

1. mutant

Related terms

• See motiv
• mutace
• mutovat

Further reading

• mutant in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• mutant in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mutant/, [mu?t?an?d?]

Noun

mutant c (singular definite mutanten, plural indefinite mutanter)

1. mutant (something that has mutated)

Inflection

Synonyms

• mutation

Further reading

• mutant on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mutans, present participle of mutare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my?t?nt/
• Hyphenation: mu?tant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

mutant m (plural mutanten, diminutive mutantje n)

1. mutant

Related terms

• mutatie
• muteren

French

Adjective

mutant (feminine singular mutante, masculine plural mutants, feminine plural mutantes)

1. mutant

Verb

mutant

1. present participle of muter

Further reading

• “mutant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

m?tant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of m?t?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu.tant/

Noun

mutant m anim

1. mutant

Declension

Further reading

• mutant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French mutant.

Noun

mutant m (plural mutan?i)

1. mutant

Declension