About The Word Inverted
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Inverted
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What's The Definition Of Inverted?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Inverted: anatropous | turned | upside-down Related Terms | Find terms related to Inverted: 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 See Also | Inverted In Webster's Dictionary \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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