INVERTED

anatropous, inverted

(adjective) (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk

inverted, upside-down

(adjective) being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; “a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma”; “an upside-down cake”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

inverted

Having the order or direction changed, for example turned upside down, reversed or in any other way opposite or contrary.

(dated) homosexual

(music) (of a chord) Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher

(chemistry) (of sugar) Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar

Verb

inverted

simple past tense and past participle of invert

Source: Wiktionary

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In*vert"ed, a.

1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.

2. (Geol.)

Definition: 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.

INVERT

In*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inverting.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.

In*vert", v. i. (Chem.)

Definition: To undergo inversion, as sugar.

In"vert, a. (Chem.)

Definition: Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar. Invert sugar (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or dextrose obtained from starch. See Inversion, Dextrose, Levulose, and Sugar.

In"vert, n. (Masonry)

Definition: An inverted arch.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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