inversion
in vur zhuhn
- n the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
- n 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)
- n a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
- n (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
- n the reversal of the normal order of words
- n (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
- n a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
- n turning upside down; setting on end
- n the act of turning inside out
- Koontz packs her sessions with inversion positions, arguing that keeping the head lower than the heart increases youth-giving blood flow to the face.
- An inversion layer of warm air domed over the region the day before Thanksgiving, trapping the dirty air beneath it.
- But this fog was pinned down by a temperature inversion, and was steadily thickened by the soot and smoke of the coal-burning city.