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'''Inverse''' or '''inversion''' may refer to:
* [[Inverse (program)]], a program for solving inverse and optimization problems
* [[Inversion (music)]]
* [[Inversion (prosody)]], the reversal of the order of a foot's elements
* [[Inversion (linguistics)]]
* [[Inversion (law)]], reincorporation by a firm in a different country e.g. to save taxes
* [[Inversion in postcolonial theory]], a discursive strategy/gesture in cultural and subaltern studies
* ''Invert'', a bmx trick
* [[Inverted pyramid]], a way to arrange information in a news story
* [[Inverted sugar syrup]]
* [[Anastrophe]], a literary device
* [[Mirror image]]
* [[Roller coaster inversion]]s, which turn riders upside-down
*[[Inversion therapy]], the practise of hanging upside down (heart higher than head) for supposed health benefits.
==Science and mathematics==
* [[Inversion (kinesiology)]], movement of the sole towards the median plane
* [[Inverse (mathematics)]]
* [[Inversive geometry]], transformation geometry based on inversion in a circle
* [[Method of image charges|Method of inversion]], the image of a harmonic function in a sphere (or plane).
* [[Inverse problem]], in science and mathematics, fitting a model to known data
* [[Inversion (geology)]], the relative uplift of a previously basinal area resulting from local shortening, in structural geology
* [[Inversion (meteorology)]], air temperature increasing with height
* [[Inversion (nuclear)]], the "island of inversion", a group of elements with abnormal nuclear shell structure
* [[Chromosomal inversion]], where a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end
* [[Nitrogen inversion]], a chemical process in which a trigonal nitrogen-containing structure turns inside-out
* [[Population inversion]], in statistical mechanics, when a system exists in state with more members in an excited state than in lower energy states
* [[Sexual inversion]], in biology, the switching from one sex to the opposite among some animal species.
* [[Sexual inversion (sexology)]], a term for reversal of gender roles, usually implying homosexuality, found primarily in older scientific literature
* [[Inversion (linguistics)]], a term referring to a number of different distinct grammatical constructions found in the languages of the world.
==Technology==
* [[Inverse multiplexer]] (or 'demultiplexer'), which breaks a single data stream into several streams with lower data rates
* [[Inverter (electrical)]], which converts direct current to alternating current
* [[Inverter (logic gate)]] (or 'NOT gate')
* [[Priority inversion]], in which a low-priority task holds a shared resource that a high-priority task needs
==See also==
* [[Antonym]], word pairs that are opposite in meaning
* [[Introversion and extroversion]]
* [[Inverse-square law]], something is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
* [[Inverted river delta]], the narrow end on the seafront, the wide end located further inland
* [[Obverse and reverse]], in coins
* [[Opposite]]
* [[Reverse]]
* [[Reverse perspective]], in art, the further the object, the larger it is drawn
* [[Voice inversion]], a method of scrambling communications
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