Definition of Inversion

  • 1. The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer Noun
  • 2. Abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth) Noun
  • 3. A chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa Noun
  • 4. (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed Noun
  • 5. The reversal of the normal order of words Noun
  • 6. (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa Noun
  • 7. A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex Noun
  • 8. Turning upside down; setting on end Noun
  • 9. The act of turning inside out Noun

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