INVERSION
Inversion
In music theory, the word inversion has several meanings. There are inverted chords, inverted melodies, inverted intervals, and inverted voices. The concept of inversion also plays a role in musical set theory.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Inversion (music)
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inversion
Noun
- the action of inverting
- being upside down, in an inverted state
- being in a reverse sequence, in an inverted state
- The move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
- The reversal of an interval.
- The reversal of the pitch contour.
- The reversal of a pitch class succession, such as a contrapuntal line or melody.
- The subtraction of pitch classes in a set from twelve, which maps intervals onto their complements with respect to 0, and preserves interval classes, symbolized IX (X being the transposition that is inverted.).
- a segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome
- An increase of air temperature with increase in altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air). When an inversion exists, there are no convection currents and wind speeds are below 5 knots. The atmosphere is stable and normally is considered the most favorable state for ground release of chemical agents.
- Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.
- (with an auxiliary verb) Inversion takes place in the sentence 'Is she here?' — 'is', the predicate, is before 'she', the subject.
- (for the purpose of emphasis) Inversion takes place in the sentence 'Never have I done that.' — 'have', the predicate, is before 'I', the subject, due to 'never' being the first word of the sentence.
- an outdated term for homosexuality, particularly popular in early psychoanalysis
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