The subtraction of pitch classes in a set from twelve, which maps intervals onto their complements with respect to 0, and preserves interval classes, symbolized IX (X being the transposition that is inverted.).
(genetics) a segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome
(meteorology) An increase of air temperature with increase in altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air). When an inversion exists, there are no convection currents and wind speeds are below 5 knots. The atmosphere is stable and normally is considered the most favorable state for ground release of chemical agents.
(grammar)Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.
(linguistics) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
“Philosophy is the inverse of literature. It invests words expressing conventional generalities with overtones of the vivid particularity in which they are rooted.”
The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.
(civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
(civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
“You merely had to put them on the invertor in Surgery and flick the switch for full Inversion.”
“The display can also be used to configure the phase invertor.”
“Every building also offers a television set in the living room, invertor air-conditioning on each floor, a private barbeque on the deck and cleaning service.”
