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Inverted

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in⋅vert

  [v. in-vurt; adj., n. in-vurt]
Use Inverted in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to turn upside down.
2. to reverse in position, order, direction, or relationship.
3. to turn or change to the opposite or contrary, as in nature, bearing, or effect: to invert a process.
4. to turn inward or back upon itself.
5. to turn inside out.
6. Chemistry. to subject to inversion.
7. Music. to subject to musical inversion.
8. Phonetics. to articulate as a retroflex vowel.
–verb (used without object)
9. Chemistry. to become inverted.
–adjective
10. Chemistry. subjected to inversion.
–noun
11. a person or thing that is inverted.
12. a homosexual.
13. (in plumbing) that portion of the interior of a drain or sewer pipe where the liquid is deepest.
14. an inverted arch or vault.
15. Philately. a two-colored postage stamp with all or part of the central design printed upside down in relation to the inscription.
Origin:
1525–35; < L invertere to turn upside down or inside out, equiv. to in- in- 2 + vertere to turn; see verse

Related forms:
in⋅vert⋅i⋅ble, adjective
in⋅vert⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
2. See reverse.
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in·vert   (ĭn-vûrt')   
v.   in·vert·ed, in·vert·ing, in·verts

v.   tr.

  1. To turn inside out or upside down: invert an hourglass.

  2. To reverse the position, order, or condition of: invert the subject and predicate of a sentence.

  3. To subject to inversion. See Synonyms at reverse.

v.   intr.
To be subjected to inversion.
n.   (ĭn'vûrt')

  1. Something inverted.

  2. Psychology

    1. One who takes on the gender role of the opposite sex.

    2. In the theory of Sigmund Freud, a homosexual person. No longer in scientific use.


[Latin invertere : in-, in; see in-2 + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
in·vert'i·ble adj.
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Word Origin & History

invert 
1533, from M.Fr. invertir, from L. invertere "turn upside down, turn about," from in- "in, on" + vertere "to turn" see versus). Inversion is from 1551.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2in·vert
Pronunciation: 'in-"v&rt
Function: noun
: one characterized by inversion; especially : HOMOSEXUAL

Main Entry: inverted
Function: adjective
1 : turned upside down or inside out <inverted lumen of the intestine>
2 : HOMOSEXUAL
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

invert in·vert (ĭn-vûrt')
v. in·vert·ed, in·vert·ing, in·verts

  1. To turn inside out or upside down.

  2. To reverse the position, order, or condition of.

  3. To subject to inversion.

n. (ĭn'vûrt')

  1. Something inverted.

  2. One who takes on the gender role of the opposite sex.

  3. A homosexual. Used in psychology.

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