Found 2 items, similar to inverting.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: invert
invert
v 1: make an inversion (in a musical composition);
“here the
theme is inverted”
2: turn inside out or upside down [syn:
reverse]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inverting
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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