inversion

Noun

• the act of turning inside out

• turning upside down; setting on end

• a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex

• (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa

• the reversal of the normal order of words

• (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed

• a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa

• 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)

• the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  eversion , everting , upending , sexual inversion , anastrophe