Noun inversion has 9 senses
  1. inversion - the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
    --1 is a kind of
    atmospheric phenomenon
  2. inversion - 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)
    --2 is a kind of
    abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
  3. inversion - a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
    --3 is a kind of
    chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
  4. inversion - (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
    --4 is a kind of
    mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
  5. anastrophe, inversion - the reversal of the normal order of words
    --5 is a kind of rhetorical device
  6. inversion - (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ll ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
    --6 is a kind of
    variation
  7. inversion, sexual inversion - a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
    --7 is a kind of homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, gayness
  8. inversion, upending - turning upside down; setting on end
    --8 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
    --8 has particulars: upset, overturn, turnover
    Derived form: verb invert2
  9. inversion, eversion, everting - the act of turning inside out
    --9 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
    Derived form: verb invert2
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