in·vert
verb (used with object) | 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. |
| 6. | Chemistry. to subject to inversion. |
| 7. | Music. to subject to musical inversion. |
| 8. | Phonetics. to articulate as a retroflex vowel. |
–verb (used without object) | 9. | Chemistry. to become inverted. |
–adjective | 10. | Chemistry. subjected to inversion. |
–noun | 11. | a person or thing that is inverted. |
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