inversion

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a situation in which something is changed so that it is the opposite of what it was before, or in which something is turned upside down:

inversion of Her account of the case was an inversion of the facts (= it said the opposite of what really happened).

a situation in which an organ, or part of an organ, is turned inside out

the act or result of changing the positions of the notes in a musical interval (= amount by which one note is higher or lower than another) or chord (= three or more musical notes played at the same time):

Students were asked to work out different inversions of known chords.

Notes from semitone groups may be spread by inversions.

A first inversion of a chord is made by raising the root note of the chord one octave higher, while leaving the other notes in their original position.

a situation in which the temperature of the air high above the ground is warmer than the air near the ground