inversionEnglish

inversion, anastrophe, eversion, everting, sexual inversion

Noun

The act of turning inside out

English: inversion, eversion, everting

Bahasa: pembalikan

Turning upside down, setting on end

English: inversion, upending

Bahasa: pembalikan

A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex

English: inversion, sexual inversion

6 more noun senses

The reversal of the normal order of words

English: anastrophe, inversion

The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer

English: inversion

Bahasa: inversi

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)

English: inversion

Bahasa: inversi

A chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa

English: inversion

Bahasa: inversi

(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed

English: inversion

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

English: inversion

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