Per*mix"tion (?), n. See Permission.
Per*mut"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. permutable.] Capable of being permuted;
exchangeable. -- Per*mut"a*ble*ness, n. -- Per*mut"a*bly, adv.
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.
The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in
property.
Burke.
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.