Definition of mutation

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Mutation (n.) Change; alteration, either in form or qualities..

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Permutation :: Permutation (n.) The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
Vicissitude :: Vicissitude (n.) Irregular change; revolution; mutation.
Commutation :: Commutation (n.) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
Intermutation :: Intermutation (n.) Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.
Permutation :: Permutation (n.) Barter; exchange.
Variation :: Variation (n.) The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language..
Ablaut :: Ablaut (n.) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung..
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals..
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism..
Mutation :: Mutation (n.) Change; alteration, either in form or qualities..
Permutation :: Permutation (n.) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4..
Transformation :: Transformation (n.) The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation.
Transmutationist :: Transmutationist (n.) One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangle into a square..
Permutation :: Permutation (n.) Any one of such possible arrangements.
Commutation :: Commutation (n.) A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations..
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change..
Commutation :: Commutation (n.) The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment..
Procuration :: Procuration (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy..
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