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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