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inversion

[in-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ɪnˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /
NOUN
transposition
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In the wake of the 1994 genocide, Alison Des Forges, then a senior adviser to Human Rights Watch, pointed to genocide inversion as a central means of justifying the genocide against the Tutsis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 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

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

We will continue to watch the two front months for any sign of inversion.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

The distinction between the two “races” of flies by virtue of a single chromosomal inversion was the most dramatic example of genetic variation that any geneticist had ever seen in a natural population.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

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

"These inversions and adaptations are clear evidence that this is a fine-tuned antivirus system that has evolved over millions of years."

From Science Daily Nov. 3, 2025

In winter, high air pollution from smog, temperature inversions and crop burning across the Indo-Gangetic plains produces light-scattering aerosols, which reduce sunshine hours.

From BBC Oct. 13, 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




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