English-Spanish translations for inversion

• inversión
  De aquí procede la expresión "inversión orwelliana" para definir a una descripción que quiere decir lo contrario. From this stemmed the term "Orwellian inversion", meaning a description which implies the opposite.
  Es paradójico, pero estamos en presencia de una verdadera inversión del método comunitario. It is strange, but we are witnessing a veritable inversion of the Community method.
  Se trata de una inversión de la carga de la prueba en el contexto del Derecho penal. This is an unacceptable inversion of the burden of proof in criminal law.

Definition of inversion

• The action of inverting
• Being in a reverse sequence, in an inverted state
• The reversal of an interval
• The reversal of a pitch class succession, such as a contrapuntal line or melody
• a segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome
• Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis
• An operation on a group, analogous to negation

Related words

• inversion pair
• inversion of control
• inversion number of a permutation
• dependency inversion principle
• temperature inversion
• population inversion
• atmospheric inversion
• clitic inversion
• complex inversion