temperature
noun
[ ˈtɛmp(ə)rətʃə ]
• the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
• "at a temperature of 2°C"
Origin:
late Middle English: from French température or Latin temperatura, from temperare ‘restrain’. The word originally denoted the state of being tempered or mixed, later becoming synonymous with temperament. The modern sense dates from the late 17th century.
inversion
noun
• 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).
