ALL meanings of inversion
in·ver·sion
I i - noun inversion an act or instance of inverting. 1
- noun inversion the state of being inverted. 1
- noun inversion anything that is inverted. 1
- noun inversion Rhetoric. reversal of the usual or natural order of words; anastrophe. 1
- noun inversion Grammar. any change from a basic word order or syntactic sequence, as in the placement of a subject after an auxiliary verb in a question or after the verb in an exclamation, as “When will you go?” and “How beautiful is the rose!”. 1
- noun inversion Anatomy, Pathology. the turning inward of a part, as the foot. 1
- noun inversion Chemistry. a hydrolysis of certain carbohydrates, as cane sugar, that results in a reversal of direction of the rotatory power of the carbohydrate solution, the plane of polarized light being bent from right to left or vice versa. a reaction in which a starting material of one optical configuration forms a product of the opposite configuration. 1
- noun inversion Music. the process or result of transposing the tones of an interval or chord so that the original bass becomes an upper voice. (in counterpoint) the transposition of the upper voice part below the lower, and vice versa. presentation of a melody in contrary motion to its original form. 1
- noun inversion Psychiatry. assumption of the sexual role of the opposite sex; homosexuality. 1
- noun inversion Genetics. a type of chromosomal aberration in which the position of a segment of the chromosome is changed in such a way that the linear order of the genes is reversed. Compare chromosomal aberration. 1
- noun inversion Phonetics. retroflexion (def 3). 1
- noun inversion Also called atmospheric inversion, temperature inversion. Meteorology. a reversal in the normal temperature lapse rate, the temperature rising with increased elevation instead of falling. 1
- noun inversion Electricity. a converting of direct current into alternating current. 1
- noun inversion Mathematics. the operation of forming the inverse of a point, curve, function, etc. 1
- adjective inversion pertaining to or associated with inversion therapy or the apparatus used in it: inversion boots. 1
- noun inversion turning upside-down 1
- noun inversion grammar: word reversal 1
- noun inversion The action of inverting something or the state of being inverted. 1
- noun inversion reversal of order 1
- noun inversion homosexuality 1
- noun inversion the action of inverting. 0
- noun inversion being upside down, in an inverted state. 0
- noun inversion being in a reverse sequence, in an inverted state. 0
- noun inversion (music). 0
- noun inversion (genetics) a segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome. 0
- noun inversion (weather) An increase of air temperature with increase in altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air). When an inversion exists, there are no convection currents and wind speeds are below 5 knots. The atmosphere is stable and normally is considered the most favorable state for ground release of chemical agents. 0
- noun inversion (grammar) Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis. 0
- noun inversion (algebra) An operation on a group analogous to negation. 0
- noun inversion (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (psychology) an outdated term for homosexuality, particularly popular in early psychoanalysis. 0
- variable noun inversion When there is an inversion of something, it is changed into its opposite. 0
- noun inversion the act of inverting or state of being inverted 0
- noun inversion something inverted, esp a reversal of order, mutual functions, etc 0
- noun inversion the reversal of a normal order of words 0
- noun inversion the conversion of a dextrorotatory solution of sucrose into a laevorotatory solution of glucose and fructose by hydrolysis 0
- noun inversion any similar reaction in which the optical properties of the reactants are opposite to those of the products 0
- noun inversion the process or result of transposing the notes of a chord (esp a triad) such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part. When the bass note is the third of the triad, the resulting chord is the first inversion; when it is the fifth, the resulting chord is the second inversion 0
- noun inversion (in counterpoint) the modification of a melody or part in which all ascending intervals are replaced by corresponding descending intervals and vice versa 0
- noun inversion the modification of an interval in which the higher note becomes the lower or the lower one the higher 0
- noun inversion abnormal positioning of an organ or part, as in being upside down or turned inside out 0
- noun inversion the adoption of the role or characteristics of the opposite sex 0
- noun inversion an abnormal condition in which the layer of air next to the earth's surface is cooler than an overlying layer 0
- noun inversion an operation by which each digit of a binary number is changed to the alternative digit, as 10110 to 01001 0
- noun inversion a type of chromosomal mutation in which a section of a chromosome, and hence the order of its genes, is reversed 0
- noun inversion the process of deriving the inverse of a categorial proposition 0
- noun inversion a transformation that takes a point P to a point P′ such that OP·OP′ = a2, where a is a constant and P and P′ lie on a straight line through a fixed point O and on the same side of it 0
- noun inversion an inverting or being inverted 0
- noun inversion something inverted; reversal 0
- noun inversion a chemical change in which an optically active substance is converted into another substance having no effect, or the opposite rotatory effects, on the plane of polarization 0
- noun inversion the conversion of an isomeric compound to its opposite 0
- noun inversion a reversal of the normal order of words in a sentence (Ex.: “said he” for “he said”) 0