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1. Inversion
   [music] In music theory, the word inversion has several meanings. There are inverted chords, inverted melodies, inverted intervals, and (in counterpoint) inverted voices. The concept of inversion also plays a role in musical set theory. ==Inverted intervals== An interval is inverted by raisi...
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2. Inversion
   [linguistics] In linguistics, inversion is any of several grammatical constructions where two expressions switch their canonical order of appearance, that is, they invert. In terms of heads and dependents, the dependent switches to the other side of its head. There are a number of distinct t...
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3. Inversion
   [geology] In structural geology inversion or basin inversion relates to the relative uplift of a sedimentary basin or similar structure as a result of crustal shortening. This normally excludes uplift developed in the footwalls of later extensional faults, or uplift caused by mantle plumes. ...
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4. Inversion
   == Science and mathematics == See also Inverse (mathematics) ===Computer science=== ==Arts== ==Other== Anastrophe, also known as an inversion. == See also == ...
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5. Inversion
   [kinesiology] Inversion is the movement of the sole towards the median plane (as when an ankle is twisted). Tibialis anterior and tibialis posterior invert. Some sources also state that the triceps surae and extensor hallucis longus invert. It occurs at the subtalar joint and transverse tarsal joint. ...
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6. Inversion
   [prosody] In prosody the Inversion of a foot, or anaclasis, is the reversal of the order of its elements. For example, in English Accentual-syllabic verse the most common inversion by far is the reversal of the first iamb in a line of verse, thus resulting in a trochee. Examples can be found...
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7. inversion
   position the foot as for testing eversion - this time ask the patient to resist the examiner as he tries to pull it back to the neutral position
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8. Inversion
   [poetry] This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article`s talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was del...
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9. Inversion
   A layer of warm air that prevents the rise of cooling air and traps pollutants beneath it; can cause an air pollution episode.
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10. inversion
    An anomaly in the normal positive lapse rate; usually refers to a thermal inversion, in which temperature increases rather than decreases with height.
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11. Inversion
    In meteorology, describes the state of the lower atmosphere when the temperature is lowest near the ground. Usually occur at night. The lower atmosphere is non-turbulent in inversion in contrast to its turbulent state under the opposite (lapse) condition when the ground is warmed by solar radiation.
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12. Inversion
    A reversal of the normal lapse rate of decreasing temperature with increasing altitude.
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13. Inversion
    Where the expected stressed or unstressed syllable is switched for its opposite. Shakespeare frequently employed a trochaic inversion - i.e. by placing a trochee at the start of an iambic line.
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14. inversion
    [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) 2. [n] - the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer 3. [n] - (genetics) a kind of mutation in whic...
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15. Inversion
    The order of notes in A chord from The bass note
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16. Inversion
    Referring to something being upside down.
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17. Inversion
    An increase of temperature with height through a given layer of air in place of the decrease which normally occurs.
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18. inversion
    an inversion of two elements occurs when they are in the inverse order as compared with some standard given order Category: Mathematics • a process,during deployment,which turns the canopy inside out Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure • a change in the conductivity ...
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19. Inversion
    In·ver'sion noun [ Latin inversio : confer French inversion . See Invert .] 1. The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted. 2. A change by inverted order; a reversed position o...
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20. inversion
    1. The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted. ... 2. <mathematics> A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third. ... 3. <genetics> An aberration in which a chromoso...
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21. inversion
    upending noun turning upside down; setting on end
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22. inversion
    noun (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
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23. inversion
    everting noun the act of turning inside out
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24. inversion
    noun a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
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25. inversion
    (in-vur´zhәn) a turning inward, inside out, or other reversal of the normal relation of a part. a chromosomal aberration due to the inverted reunion of an internal segment after breakage of a chromosome at two points, resulting in a change in sequence of genes or nucleotides.
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