See Also: Inverted(medicine)
inverted(dictionary)
Inverted File(law)
inverted repeat(medicine)
papilloma, inverted(medicine)
Inverted market(money)
Inverted scale(money)
Inverted market(finance)
Inverted scale(finance)
inverted comma(dictionary)

inverted (iou)



inverted adjective. L16.
[from INVERT verb + -ED1.]
Reversed in position, relation, or order; turned upside down or back to front; turned inwards or inside out. L16.
Heraldry. Of a charge: used upside down. Of a bird's wings: with the tips pointed downwards. Of two animals: facing each other across the middle of the field. E17.
Music. Of a chord or interval: having the lowest note raised (usu. by an octave). E19.
Phonetics. Produced with the tip of the tongue turned upwards towards the hard palate. L19.
Psychology. Of the sex instincts: turned towards one's own sex; homosexual. L19.
Special collocations: inverted comma: see COMMA 4. inverted pendulum: see PENDULUM noun. inverted pleat: with two parallel contrary pleats forming a recessed band. inverted snob a person who likes or takes pride in what a snob normally disapproves of. inverted snobbery the practices or attitudes of an inverted snob. inverted spelling = inverse spelling s.v. INVERSE adjective.
invertedly adverb in an inverted manner; upside down; with inversion of order: L17.