Definitions that contains inversion from BoostVocab

inversion

/ɪn'vɜrʒən/

noun
the act of turning inside out
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eversion everting

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move motility motion movement
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the reversal of the normal order of words
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anastrophe

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rhetorical device
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turning upside down; setting on end
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upending

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move motion motility movement
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a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
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sexual inversion

type of:
homosexualism queerness homoeroticism gayness homosexuality
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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)
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abnormality abnormalcy
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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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chemical process chemical action chemical change
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(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
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variation
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(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
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chromosomal mutation genetic mutation mutation
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the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
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atmospheric phenomenon

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