Reversal

Reversal often refers to:


 * Reversal (law), when the decision of a court of appeal is that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect
 * Reversal (wrestling), an action in which a defender achieves an offensive position

Reversal may also refer to:

Entertainment

 * "Reversal" (Arrow), a 2017 episode of the American television series Arrow
 * Reversal (film), a 2001 American movie about wrestling
 * Reversal (video game), a 1981 a video game for the Apple II
 * The Reversal, a 2010 novel by Michael Connelly

Terms

 * Geomagnetic reversal, a change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged
 * Medical reversal, when a newer and methodologically superior clinical trial produces results that contradict existing clinical practice
 * Phonetic reversal, the process of reversing the phonemes or phones of a word or phrase
 * Reversal film, a type of photographic film that produces a positive image on a transparent base
 * Reversal test, a heuristic designed to spot and eliminate status quo bias
 * Reversal theory, a structural, phenomenological theory of personality, motivation, and emotion in the field of psychology
 * Risk reversal, a measure of the volatility skew or to a trading strategy in finance
 * Role reversal, a psychotherapeutic technique
 * Russian reversal, a type of joke, usually starting with the words "In Soviet Russia"
 * Thrust reversal, the temporary diversion of an aircraft engine's thrust

Concepts

 * Aristotle's concept of peripeteia, a reversal of circumstances, or turning point
 * Reversal, a formal language concept, see Formal language
 * Reversal, an options-trading strategy, see Reversal (options)