INVERTING
Verb
inverting
present participle of invert
Adjective
inverting (not comparable)
That inverts.
Antonyms
• noninverting
Noun
inverting (plural invertings)
The act of something being inverted; an inversion.
Source: Wiktionary
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