'Inverted' definitions:
Definition of 'inverted'
From: WordNet
adjective
Being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake" [syn: inverted, upside-down]
adjective
(of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk [syn: anatropous, inverted] [ant: amphitropous]
Definition of 'Inverted'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Inverted'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'inverted'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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