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English noun: inversion | |||
| 1. | inversion (phenomenon) the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | atmospheric phenomenon | ||
| 2. | inversion (state) 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) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abnormalcy, abnormality | ||
| 3. | inversion (process) a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chemical action, chemical change, chemical process | ||
| 4. | inversion (event) (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation | ||
| Domain category | genetic science, genetics | ||
| 5. | inversion (communication) the reversal of the normal order of words | ||
| Synonyms | anastrophe | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rhetorical device | ||
| 6. | inversion (communication) (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | variation | ||
| Domain category | counterpoint | ||
| 7. | inversion (act) a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex | ||
| Synonyms | sexual inversion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness | ||
| 8. | inversion (act) turning upside down; setting on end | ||
| Synonyms | upending | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motility, motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | overturn, turnover, upset | ||
| 9. | inversion (act) the act of turning inside out | ||
| Synonyms | eversion, everting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motility, motion, move, movement | ||
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