Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) inversion (the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer)
S: (n) inversion (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))
S: (n) inversion (a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa)
S: (n) inversion ((genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed)
S: (n) anastrophe, inversion (the reversal of the normal order of words)
S: (n) inversion ((counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa)
S: (n) inversion, sexual inversion (a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex)
S: (n) inversion, upending (turning upside down; setting on end)