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INVERSION

Definition:

[noun] the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
[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)
[noun] a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
[noun] (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
[noun] the reversal of the normal order of words
Synonyms: anastrophe
[noun] (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ll ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
[noun] a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
Synonyms: sexual
[noun] turning upside down; setting on end
Synonyms: upending
[noun] the act of turning inside out
Synonyms: eversion, everting