Definitions for: Invert


[v] turn inside out or upside down
[v] make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted"



Webster (1913) Definition: In*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Inverting.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in +
vertere to turn. See Verse.]
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 invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if
these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak.

Such reasoning falls like an 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 Inversion, n., 10.


In*vert", v. i. (Chem.)
To undergo inversion, as sugar.


In"vert, a. (Chem.)
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted;
as, invert sugar.

Invert sugar (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a
mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in
fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane
sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or
dextrose obtained from starch. See Inversion,
Dextrose, Levulose, and Sugar.


In"vert, n. (Masonry)
An inverted arch.

Synonyms: reverse

See Also: alter, change

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