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.
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Per*mute" (?), v. t. [L. permutare, permutatum; per + mutare to change:
cf. F. permuter.] 1. To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.