derangement

See also: dérangement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dérangement.

Noun

derangement (countable and uncountable, plural derangements)

  1. The property of being deranged.
  2. An act or instance of deranging.
  3. (mathematics, combinatorics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.

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