Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A group consisting of all possible permutations of a given number of items.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mathematics A
group whoseelements are precisely all of thebijections of someset with itself and whoseoperation iscomposition of those bijections.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word symmetric group.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.