inversion
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/ÉĒnvˈɜːʃən/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "inversion"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋāϤāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ

the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĻ•āϰāĻŖ, āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋

the act of turning something upside down or placing it in a vertical position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist 's installation featured an inversion of everyday objects, challenging our perceptions.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āϰ āχāύāĻ¸ā§āϟāϞ⧇āĻļāύ⧇ āĻĻ⧈āύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĻ•āϰāĻŖ, āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋

the process of turning something inside out
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In some traditional crafts, an inversion of woven fabric reveals intricate patterns on the hidden side.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇, āĻŦā§‹āύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĻ•āϰāĻŖ (āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϤ)

a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝ⧟, āωāϞāϟāĻžāύ⧋

a change in normal word order, especially putting a verb before its subject
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Poets often use inversion to maintain meter and rhythm in their works.
āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰāϚāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āχāύāĻ­āĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĻ•āϰāĻŖ, āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāύ⧋

(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĻ•āϰāĻŖ

(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĻ•āϰāĻŖ, āĻ…āĻĒāϟāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĻ•āϰāĻŖ

a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĻ•āϰāĻŖ, āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻžāĻĻāĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋāϤāĻž

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)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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