Invert

Pronunciation

(verb)

UK IPA: /ÉªnËˆvÉœËt/
US enPR: Än-vÉ™rtÊ¹, IPA: /ÉªnËˆvÉt/
Rhymes: -ÉœË(r)t

(noun)

UK IPA: /ËˆÉªnvÉœËt/
US enPR: ÄnÊ¹vÉ™rt, IPA: /ËˆÉªnvÉt/

Origin

From Middle French invertir

Full definition of invert

Verb

(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.

ShakespeareThat doth invert the attest of eyes and ears,
As if these organs had deceptious functions.
CowperSuch reasoning falls like an inverted cone,
Wanting its proper base to stand upon.

(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.

Derived terms

Related terms

inversion

Noun

invert

(plural inverts)

(archaic) A homosexual man.
(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.

invert (in'â€‘vert) The floor or bottom of the internal cross section of a closed conduit, such as an aqueduct, tunnel, or drain - The term originally referred to the inverted arch used to form the bottom of a masonryâ€‘lined sewer or tunnel (Jackson, 1997) Wilson, W.E., Moore, J.E., (2003) Glossary of Hydrology, Berlin: Springer

(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.

Adjective

invert

(chemistry) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.invert sugar