INVERSION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of turning inside out
   Synonym(s)
   • eversion (what does eversion mean?)
   • everting (what does everting mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   • movement (what does movement mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • motility (what does motility mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • evert (what does evert mean?)
   • evert (what does evert mean?)
   • invert (what does invert mean?)
   • reverse (what does reverse mean?)
2. Meaning
   • turning upside down
   • setting on end
   Synonym(s)
   • upending (what does upending mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   • movement (what does movement mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • motility (what does motility mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • upset (what does upset mean?)
   • overturn (what does overturn mean?)
   • turnover (what does turnover mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • upend (what does upend mean?)
   • upend (what does upend mean?)
   • invert (what does invert mean?)
   • reverse (what does reverse mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
   Synonym(s)
   • sexual inversion (what does sexual inversion mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • homosexuality (what does homosexuality mean?)
   • homosexualism (what does homosexualism mean?)
   • homoeroticism (what does homoeroticism mean?)
   • gayness (what does gayness mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ll ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
   Hypernyms(s) inversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • variation (what does variation mean?)
5. Meaning
   • the reversal of the normal order of words
   Synonym(s)
   • anastrophe (what does anastrophe mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rhetorical device (what does rhetorical device mean?)
6. Meaning
   • (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
   Hypernyms(s) inversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • mutation (what does mutation mean?)
   • genetic mutation (what does genetic mutation mean?)
   • chromosomal mutation (what does chromosomal mutation mean?)
7. Meaning
   • the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
   Hypernyms(s) inversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • atmospheric phenomenon (what does atmospheric phenomenon mean?)
8. Meaning
   • a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
   Hypernyms(s) inversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • chemical process (what does chemical process mean?)
   • chemical change (what does chemical change mean?)
   • chemical action (what does chemical action mean?)
9. Meaning
   • 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)
   Hypernyms(s) inversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • abnormality (what does abnormality mean?)
   • abnormalcy (what does abnormalcy mean?)
   • abnormal condition (what does abnormal condition mean?)