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the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer 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) a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed anastrophe: 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 a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex turning upside down; setting on end the act of turning inside out
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An inversion is a chromosome rearrangement in which a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end. An inversion occurs when a single chromosome ungergoes breakage and rearrangement within itself. Inversions are of two types: paracentric and pericentric. Paracentric inversions do not include the centromere and both breaks occur in one arm of the chromosome. Pericentric inversions include the centromere and there is a break point in each arm. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_(chromosomal)
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In meteorology, a departure from the usual decrease or increase with altitude of the value of an atmospheric property; also, the layer through which this departure occurs (the
Ãâó: amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse
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1) Turning inward, for example, of the sole of the foot 2) A chromosomal mutation that results when a segment of a chromosome is excised and then reintegrated in an orientation 180?from the original orientation.
Ãâó: www.modernhumanorigins.com/i.html
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A layer of warm air that prevents the rise of cooling air and traps pollutants beneath it; can cause an air pollution episode.
Ãâó: www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/iterms.html
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