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■ verb ɪn'və:t
1》 put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement.
2》 Music modify (a phrase) by reversing the direction of pitch changes.
↘alter (an interval or chord) by changing the relative position of the notes in it.
3》 chiefly Mathematics subject to inversion.
■ noun 'ɪnvə:t
1》 an ~ed arch, as at the lower surface of a sewer.
2》 Psychology, dated a homosexual.
3》 Philately a postage stamp printed with an error such that all or part of its design is upside down.
Derivatives
~ibility noun
~ible adjective
Origin
C16: from L. ~ere , lit. 'turn inside out'.
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~ 2 [ 'ɪnvə:t ]
■ noun informal short for ~ebrate .