- inversion - the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
--1 is a kind of atmospheric phenomenon
- 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
- 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
- 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
- anastrophe, inversion - the reversal of the normal order of words
--5 is a kind of rhetorical device
- 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
- 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
- inversion, upending - turning upside down; setting on end
--8 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
--8 has particulars: upset, overturn, turnoverDerived form: verb invert2 - inversion, eversion, everting - the act of turning inside out
--9 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
Derived form: verb invert2 - 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)