| 释义 |
Noun: inversion in'vurzhun- The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
- 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)
- A chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
- (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
- The reversal of the normal order of words
- anastrophe - (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
- A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
- sexual inversion - Turning upside down; setting on end
- upending - The act of turning inside out
- eversion, everting
Derived forms: inversions See also: invert Type of: abnormalcy [US], abnormality, atmospheric phenomenon, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, chromosomal mutation, gayness, genetic mutation, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, motility, motion, move, movement, mutation, queerness, rhetorical device, variation Encyclopedia: Inversion Inversion, chromosome |