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Invert \In*vert"\, v. i. (Chem.)
To undergo inversion, as sugar.
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Invert \In"vert\, a. (Chem.)
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted;
as, invert sugar.
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{Invert sugar} (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a
mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in
fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane
sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or
dextrose obtained from starch. See {Inversion},
{Dextrose}, {Levulose}, and {Sugar}.
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Invert \In"vert\, n. (Masonry)
An inverted arch.
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Invert \In*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inverted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inverting}.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in
vertere to turn. See {Verse}.]
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1. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a
contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a
cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
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That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears,
As if these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak.
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Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,
Wanting its proper base to stand upon. --Cowper.
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2. (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which
form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
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3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] --Knolles.
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4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or
subject to, inversion. See {Inversion}, n., 10.
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