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inversion
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Definition
The act or state of being reversed in position, order, or, specifically in the context of sci-fi, the reversal of physical processes like entropy.
Etymology
Originates from the Latin word 'inversio', which means a turning upside down or an overturning. It entered English via Old French to describe the act of reversing the order or position of things.
In the news
In the film Tenet, the term refers to a scientific process that reverses a particle's entropy, causing objects and people to move backward through time.
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