For Inversion we have terms and definitions in 15 topics. The topics are Air Quality, Anthromorphemics, Anthropology, Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate, Climatology, Environment, Evolution, Health, Movement, Physical Geography, Poetry, Public Speaking, Roller Coaster and Weather.

Inversion (Air Quality)

The phenomenon of a layer of warm air pressing down on cooler air below it. Inversions are a special problem because they prevent the natural dispersion and dilution of air contaminants

Inversion (Anthromorphemics)

A form of chromosome aberration in which parts of a chromosome break and reunite in a reversed order. No genetic material is lost or gained, but the positions of the involved alleles are altered.

Inversion (Anthropology)

A form of chromosome aberration in which parts of a chromosome break and reunite in a reversed order. No genetic material is lost or gained, but the positions of the involved alleles are altered.

Inversion (Atmospheric Chemistry)

An anomaly in the normal positive atmospheric lapse rate (change of temperature with increasing altitude). This usually refers to a thermal inversion, in which temperature of the atmosphere increases rather than decreases with height.

Inversion (Climate)

An anomaly in the normal positive lapse rate; usually refers to a thermal inversion, in which temperature increases rather than decreases with height.

Inversion (Climatology)

In meteorology, a reversal of the normal atmospheric temperature gradient with height. An inversion is present in the lower part of a cap.

Inversion (Environment)

A layer of warm air that prevents the rise of cooling air and traps pollutants beneath it; can cause an air pollution episode.

Inversion (Evolution)

An event (or the product of the event) in which a sequence of nucleotides in the DNA is reversed, or inverted. Sometimes inversions are visible in the structure of the chromosomes.

Inversion (Health)

Motion of a body part as it tilts toward the midline

Inversion (Movement)

Moving sole of foot toward medial plane

Inversion (Physical Geography)

See temperature inversion.

Inversion (Poetry)

See Hyperbaton

Inversion (Public Speaking)

Changing the normal order of words to make statements memorable and emphatic.

Inversion (Roller Coaster)

A term used to describe any portion of a roller coaster track that turns the riders upside down.

Inversion (Weather)

Generally, a departure from the usual increase or decrease in an atmospheric property with altitude. Specifically it almost always refers to a temperature inversion, i.e., an increase in temperature with height, or to the layer within which such an increase occurs. An inversion is present in the lower part of a cap. See Fig. 6, sounding.

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