inverted
    adj 1: being in such a position that top and bottom are
           reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an
           inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake" [syn: inverted,
           upside-down]
    2: (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180
       degrees on its stalk [syn: anatropous, inverted] [ant:
       amphitropous]

Invert \In*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Inverting.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in +
   vertere to turn. See Verse.]
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   1. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a
      contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a
      cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
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            That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears,
            As if these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak.
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            Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,
            Wanting its proper base to stand upon. --Cowper.
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   2. (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which
      form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
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   3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] --Knolles.
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   4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or
      subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
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Inverted \In*vert"ed\, a.
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   1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed;
      characterized by inversion.
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   2. (Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata
      when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.
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   Inverted arch (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward;
      -- much used in foundations.
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