Wondering how to hyphenate the English word inversion? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.
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The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer |
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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) |
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A chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa |
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(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed |
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The reversal of the normal order of words |
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(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa |
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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 |
noun | atmospheric phenomenon
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noun | abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
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noun | chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
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noun | mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
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noun | anastrophe, rhetorical device
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noun | variation |
noun | sexual inversion, homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, gayness |
noun | upending, motion, movement, move, motility |
noun | eversion, everting, motion, movement, move, motility |