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Meaning of inversion

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  inversion
      n 1: the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying
           layer
      2: 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)
      3: a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation
         of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary
         or vice versa
      4: (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes
         in a section of a chromosome is reversed
      5: the reversal of the normal order of words [syn: {anastrophe},
         {inversion}]
      6: (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which
         ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and
         vice versa
      7: a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the
         opposite sex [syn: {inversion}, {sexual inversion}]
      8: turning upside down; setting on end [syn: {inversion},
         {upending}]
      9: the act of turning inside out [syn: {inversion}, {eversion},
         {everting}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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