Inversion

Inversion may refer to:

Inversion (music), a term with various meanings in music theory and musical set theory
Inversion (prosody), the reversal of the order of a foot's elements
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
Roller coaster inversion, which turns riders upside-down
Inversion therapy, the practise of hanging upside down (heart higher than head) for supposed health benefits

Science and mathematics

Chromosomal inversion, where a segment of a chromosome is reversed end-to-end
Inversion transformation, a conformal transformation
Inversion (kinesiology), movement of the sole towards the median plane
Inversion (geology), the relative uplift of a previously basinal area resulting from local shortening, in structural geology
Seismic inversion, transforming seismic reflection data into a quantitative rock-property description of a geological formation.
Inversion (meteorology), air temperature increasing with height
Inversion (evolutionary biology), a hypothesis about the evolution of the dorsoventral axis in animals
Inversion (linguistics), a term referring to a number of different distinct grammatical constructions found in the languages of the world
Island of inversion, the "island of inversion", a group of elements with abnormal nuclear shell structure
Method of inversion, the image of a harmonic function in a sphere (or plane); see Method of image charges, also, Kelvin transform for an n-dimensional generalization.
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
Inversion (geometry), a transformation of the Euclidean plane that maps generalized circles to generalized circles

Inversion (discrete mathematics), items that are out of order in a list
Priority inversion, in which a low-priority task holds a shared resource that a high-priority task needs

Inversion (artwork), a 2005 temporary sculpture in Houston, Texas
Inversions (novel) by Iain M. Banks
Inversion (video game), an upcoming third person shooter for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3

Anastrophe, also known as an inversion.