Inversion Meaning

There are 9 meaning(s) for word Inversion

Meaning 1 : the act of turning inside out

    Synonyms : eversion,  everting
Meaning 2 : the reversal of the normal order of words

    Synonyms : anastrophe
Meaning 3 : turning upside down; setting on end

    Synonyms : upending
Meaning 4 : a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex

    Synonyms : sexual inversion
Meaning 5 : 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)

Meaning 6 : a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa

Meaning 7 : (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa

Meaning 8 : (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed

Meaning 9 : the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer


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