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inverted

verb

Meaning

  1. To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
  2. To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
  3. To undergo inversion, as sugar.
  4. To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
  5. To turn (the foot) inwards.
  6. Having the order or direction changed; for example turned upside down, reversed or in any other way opposite or contrary.
  7. Homosexual.
  8. (of a chord) Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher.
  9. (of sugar) Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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