[ɪnˈvəːʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action of inverting something or the state of being inverted
(e.g: the inversion of the normal domestic arrangements)

- a reversal of the normal decrease of air temperature with altitude, or of water temperature with depth

- the process of inverting an interval, chord, or phrase

- the process of finding a quantity, function, etc. from a given one such that the product of the two under a particular operation is the identity

- the action or practice of relocating a multinational company's legal residence to a jurisdiction where taxes are levied at a lower rate
(e.g: since the company maintains a franchisee model, it is a viable target for inversion)

- homosexuality


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric, denoting the turning of an argument against the person who put it forward): from Latin inversio(n-), from the verb invertere (see invert)