Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Permutation has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
"the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements
complete change in character or condition
"the permutations...taking place in the physical world"
act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group
One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.