inversion
- Noun. the action of inverting.
- Noun. being upside down, in an inverted state.
- Noun. being in a reverse sequence, in an inverted state.
- Noun. (music) The move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
- Noun. (music) The reversal of an interval.
- Noun. (music) The reversal of the pitch contour.
- Noun. (music) The reversal of a pitch class succession, such as a contrapuntal line or melody.
- Noun. (music) The subtraction of pitch classes in a set from twelve, which maps intervals onto their complements with respect to 0, and preserves interval classes, symbolized IX (X being the transposition that is inverted.).
- Noun. (genetics) a segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. (psychology) (obsolete) an outdated term for homosexuality, particularly popular in early psychoanalysis.
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