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Permutation lock
(gcide) | Permutation \Per`mu*ta"tion\ (p[~e]r`m[-u]"t[=a]"sn[u^]n), n.
[L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See Permute.]
1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another;
mutual transference; interchange.
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The violent convulsions and permutations that have
been made in property. --Burke.
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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.
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3. (Law) Barter; exchange.
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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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