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Inversion

//ɪnˈvɚ.ʒən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The action of inverting. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of turning inside out wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    turning upside down; setting on end wordnet
  5. 5
    The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex wordnet
  2. 7
    The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa wordnet
  4. 9
    The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    the reversal of the normal order of words wordnet
  6. 11
    A segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed wordnet
  8. 13
    A situation where air temperature increases with altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air). countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer wordnet
  10. 15
    A section of a roller coaster where passengers are temporarily turned upside down. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa wordnet
  12. 17
    Deviation from standard word order, as for example by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs; in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis; and in other rhetorical devices or unusual situations. countable, uncountable

    "Question formation involves the phenomenon commonly known as subject-auxiliary inversion, a change in word order in which the auxiliary moves in front of the subject."

  13. 18
    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) wordnet
  14. 19
    An operation on a group, analogous to negation. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    Homosexuality, particularly in early psychoanalysis. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "We can seldom, therefore, congratulate ourselves on the success of any "cure" of inversion."

  16. 21
    The catalytic action of invertase. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Latin inversiōnem.

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