Antonyms for inversion
ɪnˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃənin·ver·sion

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1. inversion

   Antonyms:
   verticality, erectness, stability, permanence, persistence, conservation, sequence, fixity, state, order

   Synonyms:
   reversal, deflection, alteration, permutation, violation, transposition

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1. • Abnormality
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   • Counterpoint
   • Genetics
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   • Motion
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   • Variation

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1. inversionnoun

   the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer

   Synonyms:
   everting, anastrophe, sexual inversion, upending, eversion

2. inversionnoun

   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)

   Synonyms:
   everting, anastrophe, sexual inversion, upending, eversion

3. inversionnoun

   a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa

   Synonyms:
   everting, anastrophe, sexual inversion, upending, eversion

4. inversionnoun

   (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed

   Synonyms:
   everting, anastrophe, sexual inversion, upending, eversion

5. anastrophe, inversionnoun

   the reversal of the normal order of words

   Synonyms:
   everting, anastrophe, sexual inversion, upending, eversion

6. inversionnoun

   (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa

   Synonyms:
   everting, anastrophe, sexual inversion, upending, eversion

7. inversion, sexual inversionnoun

   a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex

   Synonyms:
   everting, anastrophe, sexual inversion, upending, eversion

8. inversion, upendingnoun

   turning upside down; setting on end

   Synonyms:
   everting, anastrophe, sexual inversion, upending, eversion

9. inversion, eversion, evertingnoun

   the act of turning inside out

   Synonyms:
   everting, anastrophe, sexual inversion, upending, eversion

How to use inversion in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   There is $2.5 trillion of money outside the country that they want to bring back but they don't want to pay a 35% tax. You wouldn't do it. So, they go out to get it and move the company out, inversion is a huge subject and Obama has done nothing about it. Republicans and Democrats can't get it done.

2. Hiroshi Nakamura:

   I think the market has overreacted to the yield curve inversion because the San Francisco Fed has said it is the most reliable indicator, i expect some correction to the latest rally in bonds. For now we have to see this week's auctions.

3. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   What else do you need to call it an inversion? everyone is parsing all of these little arbitrary things. But we've got an inversion.

4. Kerry Craig:

   Yield curve inversion is flashing a warning sign – investors should check their portfolios are resilient. But it's not a reason to panic or to lean into the sell-off.

5. Van Dam:

   It was literally stuck underneath a warm layer of air just above. In the meteorological world, this is referred to as an inversion when the temperature actually warms with height (as opposed to it cooling with a rise in altitude).

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