English Dictionary
Definition of “invertibility”
Word Frequency
invert
Definitions
verb
(ɪnˈvɜːt
) - to turn or cause to turn upside down or inside out
- tr to reverse in effect, sequence, direction, etc
- tr (phonetics)
- to turn (the tip of the tongue) up and back
- to pronounce (a speech sound) by retroflexion
- (logic) to form the inverse of a categorial proposition
noun
(ˈɪnvɜːt
) - (psychiatry)
- a person who adopts the role of the opposite sex
- another word for homosexual
- (architecture)
- the lower inner surface of a drain, sewer, etc Compare soffit (sense 2)
- an arch that is concave upwards, esp one used in foundations
Derived Forms
inˈvertible adjectiveinˌvertiˈbility noun
Word Origin
C16: from Latin invertere, from in-² + vertere to turnSponsored Links
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