permute

Shuffle the sequence

To permute is to rearrange elements into a different order or sequence.

In mathematics and computing, permuting involves generating all possible arrangements of a set: The algorithm permutes the letters to find valid words.

More generally, to permute is to alter by reordering: She permuted the chapters to improve the narrative flow.

rearrange

combination

Joining of multiple elements

anagram · transposition · scramble · reshuffle · reconfigure · rearrangement · reorganize · swap · shuffle · jumble

mathematical

combinatorics

Mathematics of discrete enumeration

ordering · set · element · cyclic · mapping · symmetry · matrix · determinant · array · index

transform

alter

Make a modification

convert · morph · adapt · evolve · metamorphose · transfigure · reconfigure · restructure · remodel · rework

computational

algorithm

Finite problem-solving procedure

randomize · cipher · sorting · data structure · binary · code · processing · optimization · iteration · recursion

Categories
Opposites
order change

permutepreserve

Protect from loss

fix · stabilize · maintain · keep · lock

randomness vs. systematization

permutesort

Method of ordering

order · organize · systematize · alphabetize · arrange

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