Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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inversion | Yes | No | No | No |
motion | Yes | No | Yes | No |
inversion (noun) | motion (noun) |
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turning upside down; setting on end | a change of position that does not entail a change of location |
the act of turning inside out | the act of changing location from one place to another |
a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex | the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals |
the reversal of the normal order of words | a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote |
(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed | an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object |
the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer | a state of change |
a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa | |
abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth) |
inversion (verb) | motion (verb) |
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show, express or direct through movement |