invert

== English == === Pronunciation === (verb): (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɜːt/ (General American) enPR: ĭn-vərtʹ, IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɜɹt/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t (noun): (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.vət/ (General American) enPR: ĭnʹvərt, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.vəɹt/ Rhymes: -ɪnvə(ɹ)t Hyphenation: in‧vert === Etymology 1 === From Middle French invertir. ==== Verb ==== invert (third-person singular simple present inverts, present participle inverting, simple past and past participle inverted) (transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it. to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc. (transitive, music) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch. (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo inversion, as sugar. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. (anatomy) To turn (the foot) inwards. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== inversion ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== convert ==== Noun ==== invert (plural inverts) (architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). 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. (civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point. (civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe. A skateboarding and snowboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp. (obsolete, psychology) A homosexual person, in terms of the sexual inversion theory. (Internet slang, conspiracy theories) Of a person, assumed to be transgender, in terms of transvestigation. [from 2010s] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== invert (not comparable) (chemistry) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted. === Etymology 2 === Abbreviation of invertebrate. ==== Noun ==== invert (plural inverts) (zoology, informal) An invertebrate. === References === === Anagrams === Vinter, ventri-, virent