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1) "Inversion" -- As to inversion exercises in·ver·sion
Pronunciation: in-'v&r-zh&n, -sh&n
Function: noun
1 : a reversal of position, order, form, or relationship: as a (1) : a change in normal word order; especially : the placement of a verb before its subject (2) : the process or result of changing or reversing the relative positions of the notes of a musical interval, chord, or phrase b : the condition of being turned inward or inside out c : a breaking off of a chromosome section and its subsequent reattachment in inverted position; also : a chromosomal section that has undergone this process
2 : the act or process of inverting
3 a : a change in the order of the terms of a mathematical proportion effected by inverting each ratio b : the operation of forming the inverse of a magnitude, a function, an operation, or an element
4 a : the conversion of dextrorotatory sucrose into a levorotatory mixture of glucose and fructose b : a change from one stereochemical figuration at a chiral center in a usually organic molecule to the opposite configuration that is brought about by a reaction in which a substitution of one group is made for a different group
5 : HOMOSEXUALITY
6 : an increase of temperature with height through a layer of air Pronunciation Symbols
Inverse or Inversion may refer to: - Inversion (music)
- Priority inversion, in which a low-priority task holds a shared resource that a high-priority task needs
- Inversion (prosody), the reversal of the order of a foot's elements
- Mirror image
- Inverted pyramid, a way to arrange information in a news story
- Inverted sugar syrup
- Roller coaster inversions, which turn riders upside-down
In mathematics: - Inverse (mathematics), the opposite of something
- Inverse matrix
- Inverse function, f − 1(f(x)) = x
- Pseudoinverse, a generalization of the inverse matrix
- Inverse (logic), is the inverse of
- Inversion (geometry), a particular geometric transformation of a plane
- Inversion (algebra), a pair of adjacent out-of-order elements of a permutation (viewed as a list).
See also: Negative and non-negative numbers In technology: - Inverter (electrical), which converts direct current to alternating current
- Inverter (logic gate) (or 'NOT gate')
- Inverse multiplexer (or 'demultiplexer'), which breaks a single data stream into several streams with lower data rates
In science: - inversion (meteorology), air temperature increasing with height
- Nitrogen inversion, in chemistry
- Population inversion, in statistical mechanics, when a system exists in state with more members in an excited state than in lower energy states
- Chromosomal inversion, where a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end
- Inverse problem, in science and mathematics, fitting a model to known data
- Sexual inversion, in biology, the switching from one sex to the opposite among some animal species.
In literature: In cultural studies: - inversion in postcolonial theory and subaltern studies, a discursive strategy/gesture
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