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inversion

[in-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ɪnˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /
NOUN
transposition
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Kris’ breakout movie was a high-concept inversion of “Psycho” told through the shower curtain’s POV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Think of it more as an inversion, with a bottom-up view of its heroine Emma Harte’s life viewed through parallel timelines.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

For Bank of America’s chief equity strategist, this may be a harbinger of a “risk-off summer,” especially if it coincides with a yield-curve inversion and a breakdown in tech stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

To investigate the discrepancy, the team used a technique called inversion, which works backward from observed tsunami behavior to estimate the characteristics of the earthquake that generated it.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

Coming from the west, the Pacific trade winds hit the cold air from the Humboldt Current and are forced upward in a classic temperature inversion of the sort common in southern California.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Back at the Cleveland Fed, researchers focused on the yield-curve indicator point out that inversions preceded each of the past nine U.S. recessions, including the most recent one in March 2020.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Speeds will reach 50 mph, and the coaster will boast five inversions that will take guests upside down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Even though different species can still interbreed, these inversions limit how much their DNA mixes, helping maintain distinct traits.

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

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


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