inversion (n.)the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer;
inversion (n.)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);
inversion (n.)a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa;
inversion (n.)(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed;
inversion (n.)the reversal of the normal order of words;
inversion (n.)(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa;
inversion (n.)a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex;
Synonyms: sexual inversion
inversion (n.)turning upside down; setting on end;
Synonyms: upending
inversion (n.)the act of turning inside out;
Synonyms: eversion / everting
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