inversion

Definitions of inversion in various dictionaries:

noun - the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer

noun - 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)

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

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

noun - the reversal of the normal order of words

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

noun - a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex

noun - turning upside down

noun - the act of turning inside out

The act of inverting.

The state of being inverted.

A change in normal word order, such as the placement of a verb before its subject.

A rearrangement or result of the rearrangement of tones in which upper and lower voices are transposed, as in counterpoint, or in which each interval in a single melody is applied in the opposite direction.

Psychology.

The taking on of the gender role of the opposite sex.

Used as a term for homosexuality.

Conversion of a substance in which the direction of optical rotation is reversed, from the dextrorotatory to the levorotatory or from the levorotatory to the dextrorotatory form.

An atmospheric condition in which the air temperature rises with increasing altitude, holding surface air down and preventing dispersion of pollutants.

A chromosomal defect in which a segment of the chromosome breaks off and reattaches in the reverse direction.