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inversion.

The action of inverting.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪnˈvɚ.ʒən/General-American/ɪnˈvɜː.ʃən/Received-Pronunciation
  1. The action of inverting.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.

    countable · uncountable
  4. The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour.

    countable · uncountable
  6. A segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome.

    countable · uncountable
  7. A situation where air temperature increases with altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air).

    countable · uncountable
  8. A section of a roller coaster where passengers are temporarily turned upside down.

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  9. Deviation from standard word order, as for example by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs; in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis; and in other rhetorical devices or unusual situations.

    countable · uncountable
  10. An operation on a group, analogous to negation.

    countable · uncountable
  11. Homosexuality, particularly in early psychoanalysis.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  12. The catalytic action of invertase.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Latin inversiōnem.

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