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inversionIn music, the mirror image of a melody used in counterpoint; alternatively a chord in which the natural order of notes is rearranged. In classical counterpoint, melodic inversion usually includes a degree of flexibility to avoid dissonance or unwanted harmonic implications; in strict twelve-tone music the inversion is exact. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Minuses: Some temperature inversions and beef tenderloins rarer than requested. The problem was aggravated on days when light winds and temperature inversions reduced wind dilution. Were it not for this summer's rains, perhaps later fall would have been the time to burn the slash on the watershed -- but then there's the worry about temperature inversions, and the serious problems of trapped smoke. |
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