— invertible , adj. — invertibility , n.
v. /in verrt"/ ; adj. , n. /in"verrt/ , v.t.
1. to turn upside down.
2. to reverse in position, order, direction, or relationship.
3. to turn or change to the opposite or contrary, as in nature, bearing, or effect: to invert a process.
4. to turn inward or back upon itself.
5. to turn inside out.
6. Chem. to subject to inversion.
7. Music. to subject to musical inversion.
8. Phonet. to articulate as a retroflex vowel.
v.i.
9. Chem. to become inverted.
adj.
10. Chem. subjected to inversion.
n.
11. a person or thing that is inverted.
12. a homosexual.
13. (in plumbing) that portion of the interior of a drain or sewer pipe where the liquid is deepest.
14. an inverted arch or vault.
15. Philately. a two-colored postage stamp with all or part of the central design printed upside down in relation to the inscription.
[ 1525-35; invertere to turn upside down or inside out, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + vertere to turn; see VERSE ]
Syn. 2. See reverse .