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  Invert \In*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Inverting.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in +
     vertere to turn. See Verse.]
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     1. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a
        contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a
        cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
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              That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears,
              As if these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak.
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              Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,
              Wanting its proper base to stand upon. --Cowper.
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     2. (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which
        form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
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     3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] --Knolles.
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     4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or
        subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
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  Inverted \In*vert"ed\, a.
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     1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed;
        characterized by inversion.
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     2. (Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata
        when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.
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     Inverted arch (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward;
        -- much used in foundations.
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  Invert \In*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Inverting.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in +
     vertere to turn. See Verse.]
     1. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a
        contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a
        cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
  
              That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if
              these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak.
  
              Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting
              its proper base to stand upon.        --Cowper.
  
     2. (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which
        form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
  
     3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] --Knolles.
  
     4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or
        subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.

  Inverted \In*vert"ed\, a.
     1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed;
        characterized by inversion.
  
     2. (Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata
        when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.
  
     Inverted arch (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward;
        -- much used in foundations.

  inverted
       adj 1: being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed;
              "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted
              comma"; "an upside-down cake" [syn: upside-down]
       2: (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180
          degrees on its stalk [syn: anatropous] [ant: amphitropous]

  inverted
     a.
     1 Having the order or direction changed; for example turned upside
  down, reversed or in any other way opposite or contrary.
     2 (lb en dated) homosexual.
     3 (lb en music) (''of a chord'') Having the lowest note transposed an
  octave higher.
     4 (lb en chemistry) (''of sugar'') Having its polarization changed by
  hydrolysis; see invert sugar.
     vb.
     (infl of en invert  ed-form)

  inverted
     a.
     1 Having the order or direction changed; for example turned upside
  down, reversed or in any other way opposite or contrary.
     2 (lb en dated) homosexual.
     3 (lb en music) (''of a chord'') Having the lowest note transposed an
  octave higher.
     4 (lb en chemistry) (''of sugar'') Having its polarization changed by
  hydrolysis; see invert sugar.
     vb.
     (infl of en invert  ed-form)

  inverted
     a.
     1 Having the order or direction changed; for example turned upside
  down, reversed or in any other way opposite or contrary.
     2 (lb en dated) homosexual.
     3 (lb en music) (''of a chord'') Having the lowest note transposed an
  octave higher.
     4 (lb en chemistry) (''of sugar'') Having its polarization changed by
  hydrolysis; see invert sugar.
     vb.
     (infl of en invert  ed-form)

  inverted
     a.
     1 Having the order or direction changed; for example turned upside
  down, reversed or in any other way opposite or contrary.
     2 (lb en dated) homosexual.
     3 (lb en music) (''of a chord'') Having the lowest note transposed an
  octave higher.
     4 (lb en chemistry) (''of sugar'') Having its polarization changed by
  hydrolysis; see invert sugar.
     vb.
     (infl of en invert  ed-form)

  inverted
     Englanti a.
     1 ylösalaisin oleva
     2 vastakkainen kääntää
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm i nvert ed)

  inverted
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en invert ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb invert)

  Inverted /ɪnvˈɜːtɪd/
  معكوس

  inverted /ɪnvˈɜːtɪd/ 
  обърнат, преобърнат
  upside down

  inverted /ɪnvˈɜːtɪd/ 
  převrácený

  inverted /ɪnvˈɜːtɪd/ 
  obrácený

  inverted /ɪnvˈɜːtɪd/ 
  invertovaný

  inverted /ɪnvˈɜːtɪd/ 
  gwrthdro 

  inverted /ɪnvˈɜːtɪd/
  invertiert
   see: invert, inverting, inverted file
  

  inverted /ɪnvˈɜːtɪd/
  umgekehrt
   see: invert, inverting, inverts, inverted
  

  inverted /ɪnvˈɜːtɪd/
  kehrte um
   see: invert, inverting, inverted, inverts
  

  inverted /ɪnvˈɜːtɪd/
  verkehrt, umgekehrt 
   see: more inverted, most inverted
  

  inverted /invəːtidkɔmə/
  conulla

  inverted /invəːtidkɔməz/
  conullas

  
/ˌɪnˈvɝtɪd/

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "inverted":
     arsy-varsy, ass over elbows, back-to-front, backwards, capsized,
     chiastic, everted, gay, homoerotic, homophile, hyperbatic,
     inside out, introverted, invaginated, inversed, outside in,
     palindromic, queer, resupinate, retroverted, reversed, topsy-turvy,
     transposed, upside-down, wrong side out
  
  

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