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motility vs inversion

inversion vs motility

motility and inversion both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motility Yes No No No
inversion Yes No No No
As nouns, inversion is a hyponym of motility; that is, inversion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than motility:
  • motility: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • inversion: the act of turning inside out
Other hyponyms of motility include abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, fetal movement, foetal movement, dart, flit, gesture, headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, eversion, everting, upending, jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade, kick, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, pitch, pitching, eye movement, opening, prostration, reach, reaching, stretch, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion, rotary motion, rotation, closing, shutting, sitting, posing, sitting, snap, squat, squatting, sweep, toss, quiver, quivering, vibration, wave, flicker, flutter, waver, standing, span, straddle, stroke, squirm, wiggle, wriggle, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy.
motility (noun) inversion (noun)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location turning upside down; setting on end
ability to move spontaneously and independently the act of turning inside out
a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
the reversal of the normal order of words
(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
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)
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