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inversion

English

🔊 the act of turning inside out
🔊 turning upside down
🔊 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
🔊 (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)
🔊 the reversal of the normal order of words