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temperature inversion in British Englishnoun meteorology an abnormal increase in temperature with height in the troposphere Examples of 'temperature inversion' in a sentencetemperature inversion This is the result of a phenomenon known as a temperature inversion.This so-called temperature inversion also causes interference on television and radio sets.The atmosphere also tends to settle into a temperature inversion, when a lid of warm air sits on top of colder air.This is known as a temperature inversion and it can bend the radar signals, just as beams of light bend through water or glass.Then the atmosphere does get warmer as you go up, a condition known as temperature inversion.The smog cleared only when winds broke the temperature inversion and blew the pollution away.And when the radar beam is bounced up and down between the temperature inversion and the ground or sea, it can leap over great distances.These surreal sights were thanks to temperature inversions.These temperature inversions must trap the exhaust from large ships.These odd quirks are thanks to temperature inversions in the atmosphere, where warmer air highabove traps cooler air close to the ground. |