# Inversion > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Inversion > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Inversion.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion > Source revision: 1228363202 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Inversion** or **inversions** may refer to: ## Arts - [*Inversion* (artwork)](/source/Inversion_(artwork)), a 2005 temporary sculpture in Houston, Texas - [Inversion (music)](/source/Inversion_(music)), a term with various meanings in music theory and musical set theory - [*Inversions* (novel)](/source/Inversions_(novel)) by Iain M. Banks - [*Inversion* (video game)](/source/Inversion_(video_game)), a 2012 third person shooter for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC - [*Inversions* (EP)](/source/Inversions_(EP)), the 2014 extended play album by American rock music ensemble The Colourist - [*Inversions* (album)](/source/Inversions_(album)), a 2019 album by Belinda O'Hooley - [*Inversion* (film)](/source/Inversion_(film)), a 2016 Iranian film ## Linguistics and language - [Inversion (linguistics)](/source/Inversion_(linguistics)), grammatical constructions where two expressions switch their order of appearance - [Inversion (prosody)](/source/Inversion_(prosody)), the reversal of the order of a foot's elements in poetry - [Anastrophe](/source/Anastrophe), a figure of speech also known as an *inversion* ## Mathematics and logic - [Additive inverse](/source/Additive_inverse) - [Involution (mathematics)](/source/Involution_(mathematics)), a function that is its own inverse (when applied twice, the starting value is obtained) - [Inversion (discrete mathematics)](/source/Inversion_(discrete_mathematics)), any item that is out of order in a sequence - [Inverse element](/source/Inverse_element) - [Inverse function](/source/Inverse_function), a function that undoes the operation of another function. - [Inversive geometry#Circle inversion](/source/Inversive_geometry#Circle_inversion), a transformation of the Euclidean plane that maps generalized circles to generalized circles - Inversion in a point, or [point reflection](/source/Point_reflection), a kind of isometric (distance-preserving) transformation in a Euclidean space - [Inversion transformation](/source/Inversion_transformation), a conformal transformation (one which preserves angles of intersection) - Method of inversion, the image of a harmonic function in a sphere (or plane); see [Method of image charges](/source/Method_of_image_charges) - [Multiplicative inverse](/source/Multiplicative_inverse), the reciprocal of a number (or any other type of element for which a multiplication function is defined) - [Matrix inversion](/source/Matrix_inversion), an operation on a matrix that results in its multiplicative inverse - [Model inversion](/source/Model_inversion) - [Set inversion](/source/Set_inversion) ## Natural sciences ### Biology and medicine - [Inversion (evolutionary biology)](/source/Inversion_(evolutionary_biology)), a hypothesis about the evolution of the dorsoventral axis in animals - [Inversion (kinesiology)](/source/Inversion_(kinesiology)), movement of the sole towards the median plane - [Chromosomal inversion](/source/Chromosomal_inversion), where a segment of a chromosome is reversed end-to-end - [Inversion therapy](/source/Inversion_therapy), the practice of hanging upside down (heart higher than head) for supposed health benefits ### Geology - [Inversion (geology)](/source/Inversion_(geology)), the relative uplift of a previously basinal area resulting from local shortening, in structural geology - [Quartz inversion](/source/Quartz_inversion), a change in the crystal structure of quartz at high temperatures - [Relief inversion](/source/Inverted_relief), when a previous depression becomes a landform that stands out from its surroundings - [Seismic inversion](/source/Seismic_inversion), transforming seismic reflection data into a quantitative rock-property description of a geological formation ### Physics and chemistry - [Island of inversion](/source/Island_of_inversion), a group of elements with abnormal nuclear shell structure - [Nitrogen inversion](/source/Nitrogen_inversion), a chemical process in which a trigonal nitrogen-containing structure turns inside-out - [Population inversion](/source/Population_inversion), in statistical mechanics, when a system exists in state with more members in an excited state than in lower-energy states - [Pyramidal inversion](/source/Pyramidal_inversion), a chemical process in which a trigonal structure turns inside-out - [Inverted sugar syrup](/source/Inverted_sugar_syrup), a chemical reaction converting sucrose into glucose and fructose ### Other uses in the natural sciences - [Inverse problem](/source/Inverse_problem), the process of calculating from a set of observations the causal factors that produced them - [Inversion (meteorology)](/source/Inversion_(meteorology)), air temperature increasing with height ## Other uses - [Priority inversion](/source/Priority_inversion), the condition of a low-priority task holding a shared resource that a high-priority task needs - [Inversion in postcolonial theory](/source/Inversion_in_postcolonial_theory), a discursive strategy/gesture in cultural and subaltern studies - [Roller coaster inversion](/source/Roller_coaster_inversion), which turns riders upside-down - [Tax inversion](/source/Tax_inversion), a form of tax avoidance by moving corporate ownership to low-tax nations ## See also - [Inverse (disambiguation)](/source/Inverse_(disambiguation)) - [Inverter (disambiguation)](/source/Inverter_(disambiguation)) - [Sexual inversion (disambiguation)](/source/Sexual_inversion_(disambiguation)) - [Involution (disambiguation)](/source/Involution_(disambiguation)) - [Eversion (disambiguation)](/source/Eversion_(disambiguation)) - [Reversal (disambiguation)](/source/Reversal_(disambiguation)) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Inversion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion?action=history)). 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