Definitions of inversion [ɪnˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən]

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Definition of 'inversion'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) inversion
an act or instance of inverting.

2.  inversion
the state of being inverted.

3.  inversion
anything that is inverted.

4.  inversion
a reversal of the usual order of words, as in the placement of the subject after an auxiliary verb in a question.

5.  inversion
the turning inward of an anatomical part, as the foot.

6.  inversion
a hydrolysis of certain carbohydrates, as cane sugar, that results in a reversal of direction of the rotatory power of the carbohydrate solution.

7.  inversion
the process or result of transposing the musical tones of an interval or chord so that the original bass becomes an upper voice.

8.  inversion
(in counterpoint) the transposition of the upper voice part below the lower, and vice versa.

9.  inversion
homosexuality.

10.  inversion
a reversal of the linear order of genes on a chromosome.

11.  inversion
a reversal in the normal atmospheric lapse rate, the temperature rising at higher altitudes rather than falling.

12.  inversion
a conversion of direct current into alternating current.

13.  inversion
the operation of forming the inverse of a point, function, etc.

Definition of 'inversion'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) inversion
the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer

2. (noun) inversion
abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)

3. (noun) inversion
a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa

4. (noun) inversion
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed

5. (noun) anastrophe, inversion
the reversal of the normal order of words

6. (noun) inversion
(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa

7. (noun) inversion, sexual inversion
a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex

8. (noun) inversion, upending
turning upside down; setting on end

9. (noun) inversion, eversion, everting
the act of turning inside out

Definition of 'inversion'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) inversion
the act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted

2. (noun) inversion
a change by inverted order; a reversed position or arrangement of things; transposition

3. (noun) inversion
a movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so on

4. (noun) inversion
a change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third

5. (noun) inversion
a peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse

6. (noun) inversion
a change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, "of all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable," instead of, "impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices."

7. (noun) inversion
a method of reasoning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause

8. (noun) inversion
said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc

9. (noun) inversion
said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass

10. (noun) inversion
said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa

11. (noun) inversion
said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places

12. (noun) inversion
the folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed

13. (noun) inversion
the act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose)

Translation of 'inversion'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to turn upside down or reverse the order of.
Afrikaans: omdraaiing	Arabic: قَلْب، تِغيير ترتيب الجُم	Bulgarian: (пре) обръщане
Brazilian: inversão	Czech: převrácení; obrat	German: die Umkehrung
Danish: spejlvending; ombytning	Greek: αναστροφή	Spanish: inversión
Estonian: pöördjärjestus	Farsi: وارونگی	Finnish: inversio
French: inversion, renversement	Hebrew: הָפִיכָה	Hindi: उलटाव
Croatian: inverzija	Hungarian: megfordítás	Indonesian: pembalikan
Icelandic: umsnúningur, viðsnúningur	Italian: inversione	Japanese: 逆
Korean: 반전	Lithuanian: apvertimas	Latvian: apgriešana; apgāšana; inv
Malay: kesongsangan	Dutch: omkering	Norwegian: detå snu om (på), speilve
Polish: odwrócenie	Persian: واژگون يا سرچپه	Pashto: سرچپه يا په بل مخ
Portuguese: inversão	Romanian: inversiune, răsturnare	Russian: инверсия
Slovak: prevrátenie	Slovenian: inverzija	Serbian: inverzija
Swedish: inversion, omvändning, om	Thai: การกลับกัน	Turkish: tersçevirme
Taiwanese: 倒轉，倒置	Ukrainian: перевертання; порушення	Urdu: عام ترتیب سے برعکس
Vietnamese: sự đảo ngược	Chinese: 倒转，倒置
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