Word Finder - inverted

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To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

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to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.

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To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.

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To undergo inversion, as sugar.

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To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

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To turn (the foot) inwards.

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Having the order or direction changed; for example turned upside down, reversed or in any other way opposite or contrary.

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Homosexual.

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(of a chord) Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher.

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(of sugar) Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar.

The two verniers on the azimuth circle having been read, the magnet is then inverted, i.e.

These may be used in either the upright or the inverted position.

It may happen that the change in density is so great that only the upper rays reach the eye; we are then met with the curious illusion of seeing inverted ships in the clouds, although nothing is visible on the ocean.

Simulated GPS data, constructed assuming that the ionosphere is the international reference ionosphere, are inverted via the Multi Instrument Data Analysis System.

Mecca simply wanted what they eventually got - pure raw, kinetic energy dispersed under a geometric ceiling that resembled an inverted space station.

This needs to be inverted and buffered to drive the ir photo emitter led, LED2.

Just prior to his visit, I had acquired a Wild inverted plankton microscope with phase.

We present a patient who developed both these complications after biopsy of nasal polyps which subsequently proved to be an inverted papilloma.

The inverted tube, with its suspended water, being held in a clamp, a beaker containing a few drops of ether is brought up from below until the free surface of the water is in contact with ether vapour.

The sky appears as a shining lake; mountains or palms may be similarly reflected, but it is to be noted that the images are inverted (see fig.).

Another type of mirage, frequently observed at sea in the northern latitudes, is presented in the appearance of ships and icebergs as if inverted and suspended in the clouds.

There is no need to use inverted commas for a phrase of more than one word.

Another useful trick is to put inverted commas round the search term.

Check that you have indented long quotations (and dropped the inverted commas for these ).

Whatever he thinks of the Good Friday Agreement and its aftermath, the process doesn't need inverted commas.

He is wearing a hip-length parka with inverted V-shaped split at center front.

We investigate an inverted pendulum on a cart subject to a delayed feedback control force which tries to balance the pendulum.

The method is illustrated by two numerical examples, namely a single pendulum on a cart and a parametrically driven inverted double pendulum.

Inverted pleat at the center of the flared a-line skirt, with two pleats at each hip which open out.

The full conditional densities are evaluated and inverted numerically to obtain random draws of the joint posterior.

I think that inverted postures may be causing the problem, but I don't really know.

An inverted term is also denoted by a line drawn above the term, usually pronounced ' bar ' .

Are they inverted pyramids, referring to the Egyptian book of the dead?

Particular attention is given to inverted siphons in gravity sewers because they tend to present the largest range of design problems.

Shaft constructed as part of the inverted siphon under the Aire and Calder Navigation.

In fact, full range inverted sit-ups are ten times tougher than horizontal sit-ups, with minimal load on the back.

It also seems to have an inverted snobbery against chains and big brands, often recommending smaller more interesting accommodation or tours.

There's a strange kind of inverted snobbery around the last year or two about indie records.

Of even more significance is the revision to all four suspension struts which are now inverted - just like the WRC rally car.

That this process has a valid logical structure can be seen when we notice that it takes the form of an inverted syllogism.

Inverted and noninverted subjects in same community, with the use of qualia terminology similar to the actual use.

The introduction should have roughly the shape of an inverted triangle.

Abstract Within inverted optical tweezers we measure both the lateral and axial trapping efficiency obtained with Gaussian and high-order Laguerre-Gaussian beams.

In 2000, a bronze age inverted cremation urn was noted about a meter down in the cliff face.

Alpengeist - An inverted coaster features speeds of 67 mph and six chilling inversions.

In powerfully folded regions the axial planes of the folds are no longer upright; they may be moderately inclined, producing an "inversion," "inverted fold" or "overfold."

The gas enters in the centre, and to make its escape again it has to pass into long wrought iron inverted troughs through perforations one-twentieth of an inch in diameter.

He laid the groundwork of his heliocentric theory between 1506 and 1512, and brought it to completion in De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (1543) The colossal task of remaking astronomy on an inverted design was, in this treatise, virtually accomplished.

On this account South Africa has a general resemblance to an inverted saucer.

For many purposes it is immaterial whether the image is inverted or upright; but in some cases an upright image lightens the work, or may be indispensable.

It may hang from an apicilar placenta at the summit of the ovary, its apex being directed downwards, and is inverted or pendulous, as in Hippuris vulgaris; or from a parietal placenta near the summit, and then is suspended, as in Daphne Mezereum, Polygalaceae and Euphorbiaceae.

Tim Weber in his Extra 300 got up next and put on a great show of precision aerobatics including some wonderful inverted flat spins.

Queen cells start off like inverted acorn cups, against the face of the main brood comb.

Well, I put " atheist " in inverted commas, which implies my own pseudo version of atheism.

Any double inverted commas in text fields were replaced with single inverted commas.

Birmingham central library is set to move from its inverted cone, for pastures new.

The engine is radially mounted inverted under a glassfibre cowling which has sufficient space inside for an internal exhaust system.

Putting inverted commas around " west Devon " would make the results more specific than having the words separately.

Figure 9 shows the ` inverted drainage basins ' of the surface.

Normally, inverted forks are much heavier than conventional forks.