inverting

Verb

invert (third-person singular simple present inverts, present participle inverting, simple past and past participle inverted)

1. (transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it.
   • to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
2. (transitive) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
3. (intransitive) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
4. To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
   • [H]e had miſgouerned the ſtate, inuerted his treaſures to his owne priuat […]1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
5. To turn (the foot) inwards.

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