Associations to the word «Invert»

Wiktionary

INVERT, verb. (transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
INVERT, verb. (transitive) (music) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
INVERT, verb. (chemistry) (intransitive) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
INVERT, verb. To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
INVERT, noun. (archaic) A homosexual man.
INVERT, noun. (architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *
INVERT, noun. 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.
INVERT, noun. (civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
INVERT, noun. (civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
INVERT, adjective. (chemistry) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
INVERT SUGAR, noun. An equal mixture of glucose and fructose formed by the enzymatic hydrolysis of sucrose; it is found in honey and some fruits, and also produced industrially.

Dictionary definition

INVERT, verb. Make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted".
INVERT, verb. Reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb".
INVERT, verb. Turn inside out or upside down.

Wise words

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