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in·ver·sion Listen to audio/ɪnˈvɚʒən/ noun
plural in·ver·sions
1 formal : a change in the position, order, or relationship of things so that they are the opposite of what they had been [count] an inversion of the roles of parent and child [noncount] Inversion of the two words changes the meaning of the sentence.
2 [count, noncount] weather : a condition in which air close to the ground is cooler than the air above it
(a) temperature inversion

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