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inversion

[in-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ɪnˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /
NOUN
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“It’s also an inversion of a medieval mystery play where the Earth Mother is not benevolent. It’s also a fun, nifty stage thriller.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The research titled "The internal ice content of Timpanogos Rock Glacier, Utah, USA from 3-D Bayesian inversion of gravity data," was published Aug. 26 in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 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

As AI hardware companies gain, software groups fall, with a basket of European software stocks down 1.5% in an inversion of the sectors’ relationship in the last session.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

If the fifth of the chord is the lowest note, the chord is in second inversion.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

While past U.S. recessions occurred about a year after inversions, there have been “three notable false positives,” according to researchers at the Cleveland Fed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

"While our study focused on cichlids, chromosomal inversions aren't unique to them," said co-senior author Professor Richard Durbin, from Cambridge's Department of Genetics.

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

In temperature inversions, air movement is inhibited—the cold air can't rise and the warm air doesn’t fall—which in turn inhibits rainfall.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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