INVERSION
\ɪnvˈɜːʃən], \ɪnvˈɜːʃən], \ɪ_n_v_ˈɜː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of INVERSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of turning inside out
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turning upside down; setting on end
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(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
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the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
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a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
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(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ll ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
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a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
By Princeton University
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the act of turning inside out
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turning upside down; setting on end
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(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
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the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted.
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A change by inverted order; a reversed position or arrangement of things; transposition.
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A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third.
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A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse.
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A method of reasoning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause.
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Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc.
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Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass.
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Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa.
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Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places.
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The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed.
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The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose).
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A change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, of all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable, instead of, impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices.
By Oddity Software
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The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted.
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A change by inverted order; a reversed position or arrangement of things; transposition.
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A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third.
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A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse.
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A method of reasoning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause.
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Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc.
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Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass.
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Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa.
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Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places.
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The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed.
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The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose).
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A change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, of all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable, instead of, impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices.
By Noah Webster.
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An aberration in which a chromosomal segment is deleted and reinserted in the same place but turned 180 degrees from its original orientation, so that the gene sequence for the segment is reversed with respect to that of the rest of the chromosome.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of turning in the opposite direction, etc.; the state of being turned upside down; change of order or position.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. A turning inward, upside down, or in any direction contrary to the existing one. 2. The conversion of a disaccharid or polysaccharid by hydrolysis into a monosaccharid. 3. Homosexuality.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Change of an order into the inverse; change of position into the inverse; a turning backward or a contrary order of operation; the inverting of the terms of a proportion, by changing the antecedents into consequents, and the consequents into antecedents; a change of the natural order of words; the change of position either of a subject, an interval, or of a chord.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Change of order, so that the last becomes first and the first last; a contrary change of order or position.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A reversal of the natural order of things; a turning upside down.
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In digestion, conversion of disaccharids, such as cane sugar and maltose, into monosaccharids, such as dextrose and levulose.
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In chemistry, a changing of the volume of polarized light from one direction to the other, as is brought about in hydrolysis of cane sugar by means of an acid or an enzyme. Often specifically applied to hydrolysis of cane sugar to glucose and fructose.
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In optics, transformation of a body having a specific rotary action on the plane of polarization into a body or bodies which have a directly opposite rotary action.
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In medicine, partial or complete turning inside out of a hollow organ.
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In psycho-analysis a lack of harmony between the physical and psychical sex. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of inverting ;—change of order or time, so that the last becomes first, and the first last change of place, as in the terms of a logical proposition ;—in mathematics, a change of the mode of operation, as proving multiplication by division;—in grammar, a change of the natural arrangement of words ;- in geology, change of the position of strata by upheaval or other agency.
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