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I tried my best to describe “permutation”. I’m sure it can be done but I’m not that linguistically skilled.
by eyelidlessness 4y ago
I tried my best to describe “permutation”. I’m sure it can be done but I’m not that linguistically skilled.
- MontyCarloHall 4y agoA way that a set of things can be ordered.
- eyelidlessness 4y agoAlso well done! Much better than I would’ve done on my own.
- jffry 4y ago"one way that a group of things can be lined up one after the other, which is different than any of the many other possible ways you could have lined them up instead"
- eyelidlessness 4y agoThis is great. I made my comment in a rush, the thing I was trying to describe wasn’t a single permutation, but the concept. Turns out you made that easy for me too: “the ways you can line up a group of things”.
- jffry 4y agoWhen all we have are the most used words, it can be easier to show what something is by showing what it isn't instead. :)
- eyelidlessness 4y ago“it is not the notes you play that are important but the notes you do not play”. I don’t think the up goer understands jazz but I think it gets the concept