plural of circle inversion

(geometry, inversive geometry, for a given circle with centre O and radius r) A transformation that maps any point P ≠ O to the point P’ on the ray from O through P for which OP × OP’ = r², and which maps O to the point at infinity.

plural of nitrogen inversion

plural of population inversion

plural of temperature inversion

(chemistry) The inversion of a chiral center in a molecule in a chemical reaction, converting the configuration of the molecule from one enantiomeric form to the other.

plural of Walden inversion

(dated) Homosexuality.

(chemistry) A region of the chart of nuclides that contains isotopes with a non-standard ordering of single particle levels in the nuclear shell model.

plural of island of inversion