inverted Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make an inversion (in a musical composition)
    invert.
    • here the theme is inverted
  2. verb reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
    invert; reverse.
    • when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb
  3. verb turn inside out or upside down
    turn back; invert; reverse.
  4. adjective satellite being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
    upside-down.
    • a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma
    • an upside-down cake
  5. adjective (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk
    anatropous.

WordNet

In*vert"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.
  2. (Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.

Webster 1913