inversion

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɚ.ʒən/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
  2. noun 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. noun a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa

Etymology

From Latin inversiōnem.

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
atmospheric phenomenon

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