Synonyms: inversion, eversion, everting
Definition: the act of turning inside out
Similar words: motility, motion, move, movement
Definition: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Usage: the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise; movement is a sign of life; an impatient move of his hand; gastrointestinal motility
Definition: turning upside down; setting on end
Similar words: motility, motion, move, movement
Definition: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Usage: the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise; movement is a sign of life; an impatient move of his hand; gastrointestinal motility
Synonyms: inversion, sexual inversion
Definition: a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
Similar words: gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness
Definition: a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
Synonyms: inversion
Definition: (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
Similar words: variation
Definition: a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
Synonyms: inversion, anastrophe
Definition: the reversal of the normal order of words
Similar words: rhetorical device
Definition: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Synonyms: inversion
Definition: (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
Similar words: chromosomal mutation, mutation, genetic mutation
Definition: (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
Synonyms: inversion
Definition: the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
Similar words: atmospheric phenomenon
Definition: a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere
Synonyms: inversion
Definition: a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
Similar words: chemical action, chemical change, chemical process
Definition: (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
Synonyms: inversion
Definition: 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)
Similar words: abnormalcy, abnormality
Definition: an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies