Inversion

/ɪnˈvɚ.ʒən/

Synonyms for "inversion" (60 found)

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abnormalcyabnormalityatmospheric phenomenonchemical actionchemical changechemical processchromosomal mutationgaynessgenetic mutationgenetic rearrangementgrammar featurehomoeroticismhomosexualismhomosexualitymotilitymotion

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More specific

10 entries
do-support inversionflipinverse functionmatrix inversionmirror reversalmultiplicative inversionparacentric inversionpericentric inversionsubject-auxiliary inversionturning

Collocations

6 entries
chromosomal inversioninverse functioninversion layerinversion of controlinversion symmetrymatrix inversion

Inflections

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Derivations

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Translations

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French

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  • renversement noun (musical senses)

Sample sentences

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Thus, it is not unrealistic to claim that the high level of education of his students has been crucial in their learning how to use inversion so well.

Source: tatoeba (3453893)

The images detached from every aspect of life merge into a common stream in which the unity of that life can no longer be recovered. Fragmented views of reality regroup themselves into a new unity as a separate pseudoworld that can only be looked at. The specialization of images of the world evolves into a world of autonomized images where even the deceivers are deceived. The spectacle is a concrete inversion of life, an autonomous movement of the nonliving.

Source: tatoeba (6976066)

Billions of dollars are at stake in the squabble over a tax tactic called “inversion,” that President Barack Obama believes is not fair to their American competitors or the hard-working American taxpayer.

Source: tatoeba (11068392)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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