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permutation

An arrangement of a set of items in a specific order, where the sequence matters; the number of ways to order n items is n!.

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Example

The number of permutations of the letters A, B, and C is 6: ABC, ACB, BAC, BCA, CAB, and CBA.

Synonyms

arrangementorderingsequence

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