Hyphenation of inversion

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word inversion? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

in-ver-sion

Definitions of inversion:

1.
The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
2.
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)
3.
A chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
4.
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
5.
The reversal of the normal order of words
6.
(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
7.
A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
8.
Turning upside down
Setting on end
9.
The act of turning inside out

Synonyms of inversion:

nounatmospheric phenomenon
noun abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
nounchemical process, chemical change, chemical action
noun mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
noun anastrophe, rhetorical device
noun variation
nounsexual inversion, homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, gayness
noun upending, motion, movement, move, motility
noun eversion, everting, motion, movement, move, motility

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