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Anastrophe :: Anastrophe (n.) An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed..

Invert :: Invert (v. i.) To undergo inversion, as sugar..

Inversely :: Inversely (adv.) In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly.

Proctocele :: Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) A change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, of all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable, instead of, impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so on..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose)..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) A method of reasoning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause.

Hysteron Proteron :: Hysteron proteron () An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence..

Invert :: Invert (a.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar..

Anallagmatic :: Anallagmatic (a.) Not changed in form by inversion.

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted..

Purl :: Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance..

Chiasmus :: Chiasmus (n.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence.

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places..

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