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

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)..

Inverted :: Inverted (a.) Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.

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

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..

Entropium :: Entropium (n.) The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.

Intussusception :: Intussusception (n.) The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination..

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

Chain Wheel :: Chain wheel () An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water..

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

Dextrose :: Dextrose (n.) A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice..

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.

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

Invert :: Invert (v. t.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10..

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