invert meaning
EN[ɪnˈvɜːt] [ɪnˈvɝt] [-ɜː(r)t] [ˈɪnvɜːt] [ˈɪnvɝt]Canada US
- NounPLinverts
- (archaic) A homosexual man.
- (architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *.
- The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.
- (civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
- (civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
- (archaic) A homosexual man.
- VerbSGinvertsPRinvertingPT, PPinverted
- (transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
- to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
- (transitive, music) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
- (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
- To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
- (transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
- Adjective
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The optical micrographs of the samples were taken by the model inverted phase contrast, μ-scope, Nikon-Eclipse, TE-2000 μ & Nikon Digital camera DXM 1200F.
- An inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of invert in English Dictionary
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- en invertebrate
- en inverts
- fr inverti
- en inverter
- en invertor
Source: Wiktionary