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The action of inverting.
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Being upside down, in an inverted state.
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Being in a reverse sequence, in an inverted state.
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The move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
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The reversal of an interval.
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The reversal of the pitch contour.
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The reversal of a pitch class succession, such as a contrapuntal line or melody.
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The subtraction of pitch classes in a set from twelve, which maps intervals onto their complements with respect to 0, and preserves interval classes, symbolized IX (X being the transposition that is inverted.).
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A segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome
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An increase of air temperature with increase in altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air). When an inversion exists, there are no convection currents and wind speeds are below 5 knots. The atmosphere is stable and normally is considered the most favorable state for ground release of chemical agents.
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(grammar) Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.
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Inversion takes place in the sentence 'Is she here?' — 'is', the predicate, is before 'she', the subject.
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An operation on a group, analogous to negation.
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Homosexuality, particularly in early psychoanalysis.