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inversion meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of inversion at MeaningMonkey.org. inversion meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.INVERSION noun
Definition of inversion (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
- synonyms: anastrophe
- (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
- synonyms: sexual inversion
- turning upside down; setting on end
- synonyms: upending
- the act of turning inside out
Source: Princeton University Wordnet