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inversion
/ˌɪnˈvɝʒən/ · 9 letters · 7 distinct letters
- noun
the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
- noun
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)
- noun
a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
- noun
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
- noun
the reversal of the normal order of words