Invert
[verb in-vurt; adjective, noun in-vurt] /verb ɪnˈvɜrt; adjective, noun ˈɪn 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 .
7.
Music. to subject to musical .
8.
Phonetics. to articulate as a retroflex vowel.
verb (used without object)
9.
Chemistry. to become inverted.
adjective
10.
Chemistry. subjected to .
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.
verb (ɪnˈvɜːt)
1.
to turn or cause to turn upside down or inside out
2.
(transitive) to reverse in effect, sequence, direction, etc
3.
(transitive) (phonetics)
4.
(logic) to form the inverse of a categorial proposition
noun (ˈɪnvɜːt)
5.
(psychiatry)
6.
(architect)
v.
1530s, from Middle French invertir or directly from Latin invertere “turn upside down, turn about,” from in- “in, on” (see in- (2)) + vertere “to turn” (see versus). Related: Inverted; inverting; invertedly.
invert in·vert (ĭn-vûrt’)
v. in·vert·ed, in·vert·ing, in·verts
n. (ĭn’vûrt’)
Read Also:
- Invertase
[in-vur-teys, -teyz] /ɪnˈvɜr teɪs, -teɪz/ noun, Biochemistry. 1. an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into . /ɪnˈvɜːteɪz/ noun 1. an enzyme, occurring in the intestinal juice of animals and in yeasts, that hydrolyses sucrose to glucose and fructose Also called saccharase invertase […]
- Invertebrate
[in-vur-tuh-brit, -breyt] /ɪnˈvɜr tə brɪt, -ˌbreɪt/ adjective 1. Zoology. 2. without strength of character. noun 3. an invertebrate animal. 4. a person who lacks strength of character. /ɪnˈvɜːtɪbrɪt; -ˌbreɪt/ noun 1. any animal lacking a backbone, including all species not classified as vertebrates adjective 2. of, relating to, or designating invertebrates n. 1826, from Latin […]
- Invertebrates
[in-vur-tuh-brit, -breyt] /ɪnˈvɜr tə brɪt, -ˌbreɪt/ adjective 1. Zoology. 2. without strength of character. noun 3. an invertebrate animal. 4. a person who lacks strength of character. /ɪnˈvɜːtɪbrɪt; -ˌbreɪt/ noun 1. any animal lacking a backbone, including all species not classified as vertebrates adjective 2. of, relating to, or designating invertebrates n. 1826, from Latin […]
- Inverted
[verb in-vurt; adjective, noun in-vurt] /verb ɪnˈvɜrt; adjective, noun ˈɪn 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 […]
- Inverted index
database, information science A sequence of (key, pointer) pairs where each pointer points to a record in a database which contains the key value in some particular field. The index is sorted on the key values to allow rapid searching for a particular key value, using e.g. binary search. The index is “inverted” in the […]