Meaning of INVERTED
| Pronunciation: | | `inv'urtud
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- [adj] (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk
- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | anatropous, turned, upside-down |
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| | Antonyms: | | amphitropous | | |
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| | Definition: | | \In*vert"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.
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| | Related Terms: | | arsy-varsy, ass over elbows, back-to-front, backwards, capsized, chiastic, everted, gay, homoerotic, homophile, hyperbatic, inside out, introverted, invaginated, inversed, outside in, palindromic, queer, resupinate, retroverted, reversed, topsy-turvy, transposed, upside-down, wrong side out |
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