Definition of Inversion
a situation in which something is changed so that it is the opposite of what it used to be
Examples of Inversion in a sentence
Lower becoming cooler than upper air is called a temperature inversion. 🔊
Laughing at the inversion, the usually scatterbrained worker couldn’t believe she was the one who was in charge of organization. 🔊
A wholesale inversion of ownership caused the usual owners to step down and another join in their place. 🔊
A strange inversion in the political ring ended with the usually red state flipping completely to the democratic side. 🔊
Confused by the inversion, the secretary tried to figure out why the whole office system seemed opposite from the day before. 🔊
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