invert
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vɜrt 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.
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| a colorless, toxic, water-soluble gas having a suffocating odor, used chiefly as a disinfectant and preservative, contained in resins and plastics |
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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.
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World English Dictionary
| invert | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to turn or cause to turn upside down or inside out |
| 2. | (tr) to reverse in effect, sequence, direction, etc |
| 3. | (tr) phonetics |
| a. to turn (the tip of the tongue) up and back | |
| b. to pronounce (a speech sound) by retroflexion | |
| 4. | logic to form the inverse of a categorial proposition |
| —n | |
| 5. | psychiatry |
| a. a person who adopts the role of the opposite sex | |
| b. another word for homosexual | |
| 6. | architect |
| a. Compare soffit the lower inner surface of a drain, sewer, etc | |
| b. an arch that is concave upwards, esp one used in foundations | |
| [C16: from Latin invertere, from | |
| in'vertible | |
| —adj | |
| inverti'bility | |
| —n | |
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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.
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Medical Dictionary
invert in·vert (ĭn-vûrt')
v. in·vert·ed, in·vert·ing, in·verts
To turn inside out or upside down.
To reverse the position, order, or condition of.
To subject to inversion.
Something inverted.
One who takes on the gender role of the opposite sex.
A homosexual. Used in psychology.
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Example sentences
To turn, slide cake out onto a large plate, cover with another large plate and invert.
It is an attempt not so much to diversify the economy as to invert it.
Invert onto a serving platter or into the well of a dinner plate.
Run a knife around the sides of puddings and invert onto serving plates.
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