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inverting

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. The act of something being inverted; an inversion.
  7. That inverts.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

reverse(English)reversing(English)deconjugating(English)decompressive(English)disequalizing(English)pull-down(English)eversive(English)dispossessive(English)

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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