Definitions For Inversion

noun

• The act of turning inside out
• Turning upside down; setting on end
• A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
• (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
• The reversal of the normal order of words
• (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)
• A change in the position, order, or relationship of things so that they are the opposite of what they had been
• A condition in which air close to the ground is cooler than the air above it