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English Dictionary: inverted	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inverted adj being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake" Synonym(s): inverted, upside-down (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk Synonym(s): anatropous, inverted Antonym(s): amphitropous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invert \Invert"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inverted \Invert"ed\, a. 1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion. 2. (Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval. {Inverted* arch} (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward; -- much used in foundations.