INVERSION





Definition:

  1. [noun] the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer

  2. [noun] 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)

  3. [noun] a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa

  4. [noun] (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed

  5. [noun] the reversal of the normal order of words
    Synonyms: anastrophe

  6. [noun] (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ll ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa

  7. [noun] a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
    Synonyms: sexual

  8. [noun] turning upside down; setting on end
    Synonyms: upending

  9. [noun] the act of turning inside out
    Synonyms: eversion, everting

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