reinversionn.
/ˌriːɪnˈvəːʃn/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈvərʒ(ə)n/ The action of inverting again; a second inversion; the result of this.
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the world > space > relative position > inversion > [noun] > again
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1837 Lancet 23 Sept. 935/1 It may be thought that a spontaneous reinversion [of the uterus] took place.
1859 S. Parkinson Treat. Optics i. x. 204 The re-inversion of the image is sometimes effected by an eye-piece of three lenses.
1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 86 (heading) Experiment on reinversion of the retinal image.
1939 Bot. Rev. 5 5 At least one instance of a spontaneous reinversion of a chromosome section to its original position has been described.
1957 Managem. Sci. 3 267 To see the effect of a more convenient form of inverse on the frequency of reinversion and the time required to solve a linear programming problem, we must explore the question of optimum reinversion policy.
1989 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 108 36 Such anomalies probably begin during early developmental stages owing to improper inversion of the new hooks during proboscis reinversion.
2007 U. Dobrindt & J. Hacker in J. Hacker et al. Pathogenomics v. 87 Around the replication terminus a large inversion occurred in both Shigella strains, followed by reinversion of most of the rearranged DNA region.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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