What is the meaning of inversion?

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noun

  • The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer.
  • 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. )
  • A chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa.
  • Genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed. (
  • The reversal of the normal order of words.
  • Counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa. (
  • A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex.
  • Turning upside down; setting on end.
  • The act of turning inside out.
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APAWordNet. (2010). inversion. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/inversion/definitions/1190059
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