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What does "invert" mean?

Invert: (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] Knolles.
  2. 3.(Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
  3. 4.To undergo inversion, as sugar.
  4. 5.Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar. 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.
  5. 6.An inverted arch.

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