inversion

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What’s happened in tech media the past few years has been an inversion of that old principle often attributed to William Randolph Hearst.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

"We discovered that, in some species, large chunks of DNA on five chromosomes are flipped -- a type of mutation called a chromosomal inversion," said senior author Hennes Svardal from the University of Antwerp.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

He says that men should watch out for lumps, pain, discomfort or nipple inversion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

March and April VIX futures are trading with a small inversion and the term structures are rather flat.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

For example, if the F sharps are written as G flats, or if the A's are sharp instead of natural, you have a different chord, not an inversion of the same chord.

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