Nearby Words
Inversion Tables Direct www.net2fitness.com/ Low Prices - Same Day Shipping Specializing In Inversion Tables
Local Inversion www.local.com/ Find Inversion Near You. The Web's Local Search Destination!
noun
1.
an act or instance of inverting.
2.
the state of being inverted.
3.
anything that is inverted.
4.
Rhetoric. reversal of the usual or natural order of words; anastrophe.
5.
EXPAND6.
Anatomy, Pathology. the turning inward of a part, as the foot.
7.
Chemistry.
a.
a hydrolysis of certain carbohydrates, as cane sugar, that results in a reversal of direction of the rotatory power of the carbohydrate solution, the plane of polarized light being bent from right to left or vice versa.
b.
a reaction in which a starting material of one optical configuration forms a product of the opposite configuration.
8.
Music.
a.
the process or result of transposing the tones of an interval or chord so that the original bass becomes an upper voice.
b.
(in counterpoint) the transposition of the upper voice part below the lower, and vice versa.
c.
presentation of a melody in contrary motion to its original form.
9.
Psychiatry. assumption of the sexual role of the opposite sex; homosexuality.
10.
Genetics. a type of chromosomal aberration in which the position of a segment of the chromosome is changed in such a way that the linear order of the genes is reversed. Compare chromosomal aberration.
11.
Phonetics. retroflexion (def. 3).
12.
Also called atmospheric inversion, temperature inversion. Meteorology. a reversal in the normal temperature lapse rate, the temperature rising with increased elevation instead of falling.
13.
Electricity. a converting of direct current into alternating current.
14.
COLLAPSEMathematics. the operation of forming the inverse of a point, curve, function, etc.
adjective
15.
pertaining to or associated with inversion therapy or the apparatus used in it: inversion boots.
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Inversions
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To inversions
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
inversion  (ĭn-vûr'zhən) Pronunciation Key
A departure from the normal effect of altitude on a meteorological property, especially an atmospheric condition in which the air temperature rises with increasing altitude. ◇ A layer of air that is warmer than the air below it is called an inversion layer. Such a layer traps the surface air in place and prevents dispersion of any pollutants it contains. |
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Quote Of The Day
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
