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Webster 1913 Edition
Invert
In-vert′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inverted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inverting
.] 1.
To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse;
as, to
invert
a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.That doth
As if these organs had deceptious functions.
invert
the attest of eyes and ears,As if these organs had deceptious functions.
Shakespeare
Such reasoning falls like an
Wanting its proper base to stand upon.
inverted
cone,Wanting its proper base to stand upon.
Cowper.
2.
(Mus.)
To change the position of; – said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
3.
To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
[Obs.]
Knolles.
4.
(Chem.)
To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See , 10.
Inversion
, Noun.
In-vert′
,Verb.
I.
(Chem.)
To undergo inversion, as sugar.
In′vert
,Adj.
(Chem.)
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted;
as,
. invert
sugarInvert sugar
(Chem.)
, In′vert
,Noun.
(Masonry)
An inverted arch.
Webster 1828 Edition
Invert
INVERT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To turn into a contrary direction; to turn upside down; as, to invert a cone; to invert a hollow vessel.2.
To place in a contrary order or method; as, to invert the rules of justice; to invert the order of words. And winter storms invert the year.
3.
In music, to change the order of the notes which form a chord, or the parts which compose harmony.4.
To divert; to turn into another channel; to embezzle. [Not in use.]Definition 2024
invert
invert
English
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 invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
- Shakespeare
- That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, / As if these organs had deceptious functions.
- Cowper
- Such 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knolles to this entry?)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
turn upside down or inside out
move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave
See also
Noun
invert (plural inverts)
- (archaic) A homosexual person.
- (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. [1]
- (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 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.
Translations
homosexual — see homosexual
architecture: inverted arch
engineering: lowest point inside pipe
engineering: elevation of pipe
Adjective
invert (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
- invert sugar
References
- ↑ invert (in'‑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 masonry‑lined sewer or tunnel (Jackson, 1997) Wilson, W.E., Moore, J.E., (2003) Glossary of Hydrology, Berlin: Springer