Science / Weather / Inversion: A departure from the usual increase or decrease of an atmospheric property with altitude. It usually refers to an increase in temperature with increasing altitude, which is a departure from the usual decrease of temperature with height.
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Science / Genetics / Chromosomal Inversion: Chromosome segments that have been turned 180 degrees. The gene sequence for the segment is reversed with respect to the rest of the chromosome. MORE
Entertainment / Music / Retrograde Inversion: Mirror image and backward statement of a melody. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Hyperbaton: A generic term for changing the normal or expected order of words--including anastrophe, tmesis, hypallage, and other figures of speech. E.g.,'One ad does not a survey make.' The term comes from the G MORE