Dictionary
e'ven permuta'tion
Math.
a permutation of a set of
n elements,
x1,
x2, …
xn, that leaves unchanged the product of all differences of the form (
xi — xj), where
i is less than
j. Cf.
odd permutation.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.