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Inversion layer
 
  Inversion layer may refer to one of the following:

  • Inversion (meteorology)
    Inversion (meteorology)

    In meteorology, an inversion is a deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property with altitude. It almost always refers to a temperature inversion, i.e., an increase in temperature with height, or to the layer within which such an increase occurs....
    , a layer within which an atmospheric property is inverted, i.e., its change is deviated from the normal pattern
  • Inversion layer (semiconductors), a layer in a semiconductor material where the type of the majority carriers is change to the opposite under certain conditions