inverted

Adjective
Synonyms: upside-downanatropous

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed“a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma”“an upside-down cake”Synonyms: upside-down
  2. (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalkSynonyms: anatropous
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Invert \In*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inverting.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in + vertere to turn. See Verse.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if these organs had deceptious functions.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting its proper base to stand upon.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]

2.(Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony. [1913 Webster]

3.To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] --Knolles. [1913 Webster]

4.(Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10. [1913 Webster]

Inverted \In*vert"ed\, a. [1913 Webster]

1.Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion. [1913 Webster]

2.(Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval. [1913 Webster]

Inverted arch (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward; -- much used in foundations. [1913 Webster]

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