inversion
noun
an act or instance of reversing in position, changing to the contrary, or turning upside down, inside out, or inward.
inversions
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pluralof inversion.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is unique in that it is a 72 mph ride with vehicles created to rotate 360 degrees through multiple inversions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
"When different cichlid species interbred, entire inversions can be passed between them -- bringing along key survival traits, like adaptations to specific environments, speeding up the process of evolution," said Blumer.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026
Pollution spikes are common in the city of nearly 400,000, especially during thermal inversions when a layer of warm air sits above a layer of cold air, trapping smog over the mountain-ringed city.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
The most consequential of those inversions involves attitudes toward courts and judges.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025
Inversions of augmented intervals are diminished, and inversions of diminished intervals are augmented.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
