inversion

Words with a similar base: inversion, sexual_inversion

'inversion'

[inversion.n.01] as in: the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer

'inversion'

[inversion.n.02] as in: 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)

'inversion'

[inversion.n.03] as in: a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa

'inversion'

[inversion.n.04] as in: (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed

'inversion'

[anastrophe.n.01] as in: the reversal of the normal order of words

'inversion'

[inversion.n.06] as in: (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa

'inversion'

[inversion.n.07] as in: a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex

'inversion'

[inversion.n.08] as in: turning upside down; setting on end

'inversion'

[inversion.n.09] as in: the act of turning inside out