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invert
[ verb in-vurt; adjective noun in-vurt ]
verb (used with object)
- to turn upside down.
- to reverse in position, order, direction, or relationship.
- to turn or change to the opposite or contrary, as in nature, bearing, or effect:
to invert a process.
- to turn inward or back upon itself.
- to turn inside out.
- Chemistry. to subject to a reaction in which a starting material of one optical configuration forms a product of the opposite configuration.
- Music. to subject to musical inversion, the transposition between the upper voice part and the lower.
- Phonetics. to articulate as a retroflex vowel.
verb (used without object)
- Chemistry. to undergo a reaction in which a starting material of one optical configuration forms a product of the opposite configuration.
adjective
- Chemistry. subjected to a reaction in which a starting material of one optical configuration forms a product of the opposite configuration.
noun
- a person or thing that is reversed in position, changed to the contrary, or turned upside down, inside out, or inward.
- (in plumbing) that portion of the interior of a drain or sewer pipe where the liquid is deepest.
- a U-shaped arch or vault, having the opposite vertical orientation compared to a traditional arch or vault.
- Philately. a two-colored postage stamp with all or part of the central design printed upside down in relation to the inscription.
- Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use)
- a gay person.
- a person whose behavior is considered nonnormative for their assigned sex, historically involving both gender non-conforming or transgender expression and gay or lesbian sexual orientation.
- Disparaging and Offensive. anyone whose sexuality or gender expression is regarded as strange or unnatural, especially a gay or transgender person.
- Informal. (especially among aquarists) invertebrate:
My invert tank is mostly sea slugs, but I bought a couple of shrimp recently also.
invert
verb
- to turn or cause to turn upside down or inside out
- tr to reverse in effect, sequence, direction, etc
- tr phonetics
- to turn (the tip of the tongue) up and back
- to pronounce (a speech sound) by retroflexion
- logic to form the inverse of a categorial proposition
noun
- psychiatry
- a person who adopts the role of the opposite sex
- another word for homosexual
- architect
- the lower inner surface of a drain, sewer, etc Compare soffit
- an arch that is concave upwards, esp one used in foundations
Derived Forms
- ¾±²Ôˈ±¹±ð°ù³Ù¾±²ú±ô±ð, adjective
- ¾±²ÔËŒ±¹±ð°ù³Ù¾±Ëˆ²ú¾±±ô¾±³Ù²â, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ¾±²Ô·±¹±ð°ù³Ù·¾±Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·¾±²Ô·±¹±ð°ù³Ù·±ð»å adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·¾±²Ô·±¹±ð°ù³Ù·±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of invert1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Vu also recommended using an invert sugar, which is a liquid mixture of the monosaccharides glucose and fructose.
He came through the academy as a central midfielder - but has gone from strength to strength in an 'inverted' full-back role.
He and others on board were suspended upside down in their seats, and had to release themselves onto the cabin ceiling before leaving the inverted aircraft.
No one in the film comments that the city’s population has inverted from one Iranian resident out of 200 to a ratio of 200 to one.
He came through the academy as a central midfielder but has gone from strength to strength in an inverted full-back role.
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