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invert

-1 n. தலைகீழ் வளைவுக் கட்டுமானம், (உள) பால் உணர்ச்சிகள் தலைமாற்றமாயுள்ளவர்.-2 v. தலைகீழாகப் புரட்டு, தலைகீழாகக் கவிழச்செய், நிலை உறவு வரிசை ஒழுங்கு முதலியவற்றைத் தலைகீழாகத் திருப்பு.


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In*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inverting.] Etym: [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.) Defn: 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.) Defn: To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10. In*vert", v. i. (Chem.) Defn: To undergo inversion, as sugar. In"vert, a. (Chem.) Defn: Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar. Invert sugar (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or dextrose obtained from starch. See Inversion, Dextrose, Levulose, and Sugar. In"vert, n. (Masonry) Defn: An inverted arch. In*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inverting.] Etym: [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.) Defn: 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.) Defn: To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10. In*vert", v. i. (Chem.) Defn: To undergo inversion, as sugar. In"vert, a. (Chem.) Defn: Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar. Invert sugar (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or dextrose obtained from starch. See Inversion, Dextrose, Levulose, and Sugar. In"vert, n. (Masonry) Defn: An inverted arch.


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