permutação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin permūtātiōnem (“change; exchange”). By surface analysis, permutar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.mu.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peɦ.mu.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.mu.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peɦ.mu.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.mu.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peɾ.mu.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.mu.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peʁ.mu.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.mu.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [peɻ.mu.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.mu.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: per‧mu‧ta‧ção

Noun

permutação f (plural permutações)

1. (mathematics) permutation (one-to-one mapping)
2. (combinatorics) permutation (ordering of a finite set of distinct elements)
3. the act of permuting

   Synonyms: permuta, permutamento

4. an exchange (act of trading, exchanging or swapping)

   Synonyms: câmbio, permuta, troca

5. (prosody) metathesis (transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

   Synonym: metátese

6. (cytology) exchange of genetic material during meiosis

   Synonyms: entrecruzamento, permuta

Coordinate terms

• (in combinatorics): arranjo, combinação

Derived terms

Derived terms

• permutação cíclica
• permutação circular
• permutação completa
• permutação com repetição

Related terms

• permuta
• permutabilidade
• permutado
• permutador
• permutar
• permutativo
• permutável