inversion

inversion
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Reversal
Nouns
1. inversion, eversion, retroversion, introversion; contrariety, contrariness (see opposition); reversal; turn of the tide; overturn; somersault, somerset; revulsion; turnabout, about-face, volte-face. Informal, spill. See change, interchange.
2. inverse, reverse, flip of the coin.
3. transposition, metastasis, anastrophe; tmesis, parenthesis; metathesis; palindrome; pronation and supination. See grammar.
Verbs — turn, go, or wheel around or about, cut or double back; backfire; turn or topple over; capsize; invert, retrovert, introvert, reverse, evert; overturn, upset, turn topsy-turvy; transpose, put the cart before the horse; turn the tables, turn turtle, keel over.
Adjectives — inverted, wrong side out; inside out, upside down; bottom upward, bottoms up; on one's head, topsy-turvy; inverse; reverse, opposite; in reverse; top-heavy.
Adverbs — inversely, counter, heels over head, head over heels, end for end, vice versa.
Antonyms, see direction.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. transposition, reversal, contradiction; see conversion 1 , opposite .
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The act of changing or being changed from one position, direction, or course to the opposite: reversal, transposition, turnabout, turnaround. See CHANGE.

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  • inversion — inversion. См. инверсия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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