inversion
英 [ɪn'vɜːʃ(ə)n]
美[ɪn'vɝʃən]
- n. 倒置；反向；倒转
英英释意
- 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
- 6. (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ll 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
- 8. turning upside down; setting on end
- 9. the act of turning inside out