Definition of Inversion

Noun

  • the act of turning inside out
  • turning upside down
    setting on end
  • a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
    - sexual inversion
  • (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
  • the reversal of the normal order of words
  • (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
  • 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 layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
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Unscramble inversion

230 unscramble word found using the letters inversion.

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