inversion

1. (countable, uncountable)The action of inverting.

2. (countable, uncountable)The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence.

   the act of turning inside out

3. (countable, uncountable)The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.

4. (countable, uncountable)The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note.

5. (countable, uncountable)The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour.

6. (countable, uncountable)A segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome.

7. (countable, uncountable)A situation where air temperature increases with altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air).

8. (countable, uncountable)A section of a roller coaster where passengers are temporarily turned upside down.

   turning upside down; setting on end

9. (countable, uncountable)Deviation from standard word order, as for example by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs; in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis; and in other rhetorical devices or unusual situations.

   Inversion

   инве́рсияinvérsija, обра́тный поря́док словobrátnyj porjádok slov

10. (countable, uncountable)An operation on a group, analogous to negation.

11. (countable, uncountable)The catalytic action of invertase.

12. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Homosexuality, particularly in early psychoanalysis.

1. Do I like interrogative inversions?

   deMag ich Interrogativinversionen?

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