inversion
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6.3
- noun
- /ɪnˈvɜrʒən/
- The apparent inversion of courtly roles is the first in a long series of inversions that characterize the play.
- inversion of roles
- ankle inversion
- inversion of a hierarchy
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Watch on YouTubeHowever, it's an inversion, A reversal because nothing is coming back at you.
- However, it's an inversion, A reversal because nothing is coming back at you.
- And it, it started the inversion of our, of our culture now where youth has the sort of final say in things and adults are kind of an afterthought.
- And, and it was, it was an interesting kind of inversion of death.
- Christmas lights, three shirts and inversion table.
- But whatever, I got this inversion.
Examples
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The exercise was then completed, and the ankle inversion testing was repeated.
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The subject was tested for ankle inversion prior to the exercise.
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Rather than a parallel, this is instead an inversion of the equation.
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The principal measurement used in the study was one of inversion ROM of the right ankle.
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Five subjects had their ankles taped, and the inversion ROM was measured on two separate days.
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To imply that Justice participated in the prostitution trade was a supremely ironic inversion.
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During the performance, the magician did an astonishing inversion of the usual card trick, leaving the audience amazed.
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The scientific experiment focused on the inversion of the typical behavior patterns observed in the animal species.
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In the art installation, the inversion of everyday objects created a thought-provoking commentary on consumer culture.
Synonyms
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4.2
A change to the opposite direction or position, for example when wind turns
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6.2
Something that is the opposite of another thing in order or effect
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3.4
A change in the order or position of things
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7.3
Changing the order or position of things, for example swapping letters
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5.5
Turning something so its top is on the bottom or making it stand on its end
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.6
To find a matrix that, when multiplied by the original, makes the identity matrix
- Slur
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9.9
An old word for someone who behaves in ways usually seen in the other sex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inversion comes from the Latin invertere, where in- means 'in' and vertere means 'to turn'. So an inversion is a 'turning the other way', like flipping a cake or turning a bottle upside down.