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inversion
  1. The action of inverting.
  2. Being upside down, in an inverted state.
  3. Being in a reverse sequence, in an inverted state.
  4. (music)
    1. The move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
    2. The reversal of an interval.
    3. The reversal of the pitch contour.
    4. The reversal of a pitch class succession, such as a contrapuntal line or melody.
    5. The subtraction of pitch classes in a set from twelve, which maps intervals onto their complements with respect to 0, and preserves interval classes, symbolized IX (X being the transposition that is inverted.).
  5. (genetics) a segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome
  6. (meteorology) An increase of air temperature with increase in altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air). When an inversion exists, there are no convection currents and wind speeds are below 5 knots. The atmosphere is stable and normally is considered the most favorable state for ground release of chemical agents.
  7. (grammar) Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.
  8. (algebra) An operation on a group, analogous to negation.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “His testimony has been exposed as a complete inversion of the actual events.”
      “Investigators are still trying to determine the reason for the inversion of the boat.”
      “Though commercial forms of play buy release from work and responsibility, traditional play allows for temporary inversion of the status quo.”
inverse
  1. An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
  2. The result of an inversion, particularly:
    1. The reverse of any procedure or process.
    2. (mathematics) A ratio etc. in which the antecedents and consequents are switched.
    3. (geometry) The result of a circle inversion; the set of all such points; the curve described by such a set.
    4. (logic) The non-truth-preserving proposition constructed by negating both the premise and conclusion of an initially given proposition.
  3. (mathematics) A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given elementyields the operation's identity element, specifically:
    1. (addition) The negative of a given number.
    2. (multiplication) One divided by a given number.
    3. (functions) A second function which, when combined with the initially given function, yields as its output any term inputted into the first function.
  4. (category theory) A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
  5. (card game) The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
  6. (linguistics) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Philosophy is the inverse of literature. It invests words expressing conventional generalities with overtones of the vivid particularity in which they are rooted.”
invert
  1. (architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *
  2. 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.
  3. (civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
  4. (civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
  5. A skateboarding 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.
  6. (biology) invertebrate
  7. Synonyms:
invertor
  1. That which inverts.
  2. (anatomy) Any muscle that turns a body part inwards.
  3. (electricity) A device that converts direct current into alternating current.
  4. Examples:
    1. “You merely had to put them on the invertor in Surgery and flick the switch for full Inversion.”
      “The display can also be used to configure the phase invertor.”
      “Every building also offers a television set in the living room, invertor air-conditioning on each floor, a private barbeque on the deck and cleaning service.”
inverter
  1. something that inverts, or causes inversion
  2. (electrical engineering) a power inverter
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I just installed a new inverter in my solar panel system to convert the direct current generated to alternating current for use in my home.”
      “An electronic inverter converts the direct-current power from the solar panel to usable house current.”
      “The Dynacharger is a fully integrated system utilizing a bi-directional power inverter.”
invertasome
  1. (biochemistry) A nucleoprotein complex that causes inversion of a DNA sequence
inversibility
  1. (mathematics) Alternative form of invertibility
invertibility
  1. (mathematics) The condition of being invertible.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Two methods of studying the invertibility of operators belonging to the above-mentioned algebras are described.”
      “This captures an idea that Callander refers to as proportional invertibility.”
      “The invertibility of this process requires that the endogenous variables in the VAR should not be integrated.”
invertedness
  1. Quality of being inverted.
invertasomes
  1. plural of invertasome
inversions
  1. plural of inversion
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Insecticides are not very active at low temperatures and considerable spray is lost to evaporation or inversions at high temperatures.”
      “Anopheline mosquitoes, like Drosophila, are renowned for the presence of polytene chromosomes and chromosomal inversions.”
      “Thermal inversions were identified directly by comparison of temperature readings at different altitudes.”
inverters
invertors
  1. plural of invertor
inverses
inverts
  1. plural of invert
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