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   inversion

   /ɪnˈvəːʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of inverting something or the state of being inverted: "the inversion of the normal domestic arrangements"
   • ▪ reversal of the normal order of words, typically for rhetorical effect but also found in the regular formation of questions in English.
   • ▪ a transposition in the relative numbers of atoms, molecules, etc. occupying particular energy levels.
   • ▪ a reaction causing a change from one optically active configuration to the opposite configuration, especially the hydrolysis of dextrose to give a laevorotatory solution of fructose and glucose.
   • 2. a reversal of the normal decrease of air temperature with altitude, or of water temperature with depth.
   • ▪ a layer of the atmosphere in which temperature increases with height.
   • 3. the process of inverting an interval, chord, or phrase.
   • ▪ an inverted interval, chord, or phrase.
   • 4. the process of finding a quantity, function, etc. from a given one such that the product of the two under a particular operation is the identity.
   • ▪ the interchanging of numerator and denominator of a fraction, or antecedent and consequent of a ratio.
   • ▪ the process of finding the expression which gives a given expression under a given transformation.
   • ▪ a transformation in which each point of a given figure is replaced by another point on the same straight line from a fixed point, especially in such a way that the product of the distances of the two points from the centre of inversion is constant.
   • 5. the action or practice of relocating a multinational company's legal residence to a jurisdiction where taxes are levied at a lower rate: "since the company maintains a franchisee model, it is a viable target for inversion"
   • 6. homosexuality. dated

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric, denoting the turning of an argument against the person who put it forward): from Latin inversio(n-), from the verb invertere (see invert1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inversive adjective

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