inversion

Letters that make inversion

s, o, e, n, r, i, v are letters that make 'inversion'

Words within inversion

ER, Sion, si, SI, on, in, version, IN, NV, Io, ion, Er, In, Si are words within 'inversion'

9 possible definitions for 'inversion'

Inversion as "turning upside down, setting on end"

Under this definition, inversion is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

upending has the same meaning as inversion

inversion as a type

'inversion' can be a type of movement, motion, motility, move.

Types of inversion

upset, overturn, turnover are types of 'inversion'.

Derivatives of inversion

turn back, upend, reverse, invert are derivatives of 'inversion'.

Inversion as "the act of turning inside out"

Under this definition, inversion is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

eversion, everting have the same meaning as 'inversion'

inversion as a type

'inversion' can be a type of movement, motion, motility, move.

Derivatives of inversion

turn back, evert, reverse, invert are derivatives of 'inversion'.

Inversion as "a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex"

Under this definition, inversion is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

sexual inversion has the same meaning as inversion

inversion as a type

'inversion' can be a type of homoeroticism, homosexuality, homosexualism, queerness, gayness.

Inversion as "(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa"

Under this definition, inversion is a noun and has the following properties:

inversion as a type

'inversion' can be a type of variation.

inversion as a category

'inversion' can be a category of counterpoint.

Inversion as "the reversal of the normal order of words"

Under this definition, inversion is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

anastrophe has the same meaning as inversion

inversion as a type

'inversion' can be a type of rhetorical device.

Inversion as "the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer"

Under this definition, inversion is a noun and has the following properties:

inversion as a type

'inversion' can be a type of atmospheric phenomenon.

Inversion as "a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa"

Under this definition, inversion is a noun and has the following properties:

inversion as a type

'inversion' can be a type of chemical process, chemical change, chemical action.

Inversion as "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)"

Under this definition, inversion is a noun and has the following properties:

inversion as a type

'inversion' can be a type of abnormality, abnormalcy.

Inversion as "(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed"

Under this definition, inversion is a noun and has the following properties:

inversion as a type

'inversion' can be a type of mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation.

inversion as a category

'inversion' can be a category of genetics, genetic science.


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