inversion
noun
[ ɪnˈvəːʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of inverting something or the state of being inverted.
• "the inversion of the normal domestic arrangement"
Similar:
reversal,
transposition,
turning about,
turning upside down,
reverse,
contrary,
antithesis,
converse,
transposal,
contrareity,
antipode,
• a reversal of the normal decrease of air temperature with altitude, or of water temperature with depth.
• the process of finding a quantity, function, etc. from a given one such that the product of the two under a particular operation is the identity.
• the action or practice of relocating a multinational company's legal residence to a jurisdiction where taxes are levied at a lower rate.
• "since the company maintains a franchisee model, it is a viable target for inversion"
• homosexuality.
Origin:
mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric, denoting the turning of an argument against the person who put it forward): from Latin inversio(n- ), from the verb invertere (see invert1).
