What is the meaning of inverted?

verb

  • Make an inversion (in a musical composition. )
    • usage: "here the theme is inverted"
  • Reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of.
    • usage: "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"
  • Turn inside out or upside down.

adjective

  • Being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed.
    • usage: "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake"
  • Of a plant ovule. ( completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk).
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