Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being permuted; exchangeable; interchangeable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being permuted; exchangeable.

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  • adjective Able to be permuted

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of changing sequence

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Examples

  • Once one more fully appreciates the degree to which color qualia are linked to one another and to non-color qualia, it becomes much less plausible to single color qualia out as especially permutable.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ph.D. Mark Changizi 2011

  • On this new view of the origins of color vision, color is far from an arbitrary permutable labeling system.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ph.D. Mark Changizi 2011

  • And given that there are no cruise ships either existing or under construction that can rival their features, we expect that they'll be permutable for the foreseeable future.

    Royal Caribbean Cruises Q3 2010 Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha 2010

  • "Today we live in a world in which the barriers between each type of music are more permutable than before," says Chuck.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • When one talks about loss circulation, one assumes you have something permutable down there, so we'd like to log and see what it is before we could pipe in hole.

    unknown title 2008

  • While most scientists readily recognize this glaring inadequacy in their discipline to wrench doctrine from their permutable, yet no doubt very practical findings, some of their less prudent peers see it as their moral duty to impose a gag rule on Religion, claiming that when it comes to ultimate truth, they are better equipped to offer the most plausible and convincing arguments, as opposed to the myriad fancies and superstitions that Religion is saddled with, which often pose more of a hindrance to progress.

    American Thinker 2010

  • We have found him thus far, in all probability, acquainted with the construction of permutable seals, and indeed of the grand principle of permutation applied to technology in several respects (vide "Century" Nos.

    The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

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