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inversion noun
Meaning : The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer.
Meaning : 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 : A chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa.
Meaning : (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed.
Meaning : The reversal of the normal order of words.
Synonyms : anastrophe
Meaning : (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa.
Meaning : A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex.
Synonyms : sexual inversion
Meaning : Turning upside down. Setting on end.
Synonyms : upending
