inversion
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7.4
- noun
- /ɪnˈvɜrʒən/
- Specialized
- The mountain-rimmed basin aids the formation of temperature inversions that concentrate suspended particulate matter and hold it near the surface.
- thermal inversion
- temperature inversion
- frequent temperature inversions
Examples
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It's a temperature inversion in the mid part of the lower atmosphere.
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In an inversion, cool air gets trapped under a layer of warmer air.
Academic text (2008) -
A low-level temperature inversion held this concentration within a few hundred meters of the ground.
Academic text (1993) -
The latter is characterized by a high level of air pollution due to frequent thermal inversion, with pollution being trapped close to ground level.
Academic text (2015) -
In an inversion, the cooler air is trapped beneath warmer air, leading to persistent fog.
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A temperature inversion often causes air pollution to become concentrated near the surface.
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During a temperature inversion, the warm layer of air above prevents cooler air from rising.
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'. A weather inversion is when the usual order of warm and cold air is 'turned', so warm air sits above cold air and can trap fog or pollution.