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Definitions for inversion

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  • Turning upside down; setting on end

  • The act of turning inside out

  • A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex

  • The reversal of the normal order of words

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

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

  • The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer

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

  • 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)

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