inversions




See inversion

inversions - noun

  • the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
  • 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)
  • a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
  • (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
  • the reversal of the normal order of words
  • (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
  • turning upside down; setting on end
  • the act of turning inside out

    • inversions - thesaurus

    anastrophe   eversion   everting   upending  

    Scrabble score for inversions

    i is 1 n is 1 v is 4 e is 1 r is 1 s is 1 i is 1 o is 1 n is 1 s is 1
    Scrabble score = 13

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

    generated at 08:31:43 on 12-05-24

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