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asymmetric
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adjective
(= asymmetrical)
characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components
inversion
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noun
the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
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noun
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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noun
a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
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noun
a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
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noun
the act of turning inside out
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noun
turning upside down; setting on end
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noun
(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
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noun
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
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noun
(= anastrophe)
the reversal of the normal order of words