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PeterWilson: New page: The pronunciation of the word '''invert''' varies according to word class. *The adjective '''invert''' has the stress on the first syllable: 'IN-vert', {{IPA|ËˆÉªn vÉœ^rt...

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New page: The pronunciation of the word '''invert''' varies according to word class. *The adjective '''invert''' has the stress on the first syllable: 'IN-vert', {{IPA|ËˆÉªn vÉœrt...

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The pronunciation of the word '''invert''' varies according to [[word class]].
*The [[adjective]] '''invert''' has the stress on the first syllable: 'IN-vert', {{IPA|ËˆÉªn vÉœrt}}. This is mostly a technical term in Chemistry.
*The [[noun]] 'an '''invert'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> also has the stress on the first syllable: 'IN-vert', {{IPA|ËˆÉªn vÉœrt}}. This is also a technical term, used in Engineering (to mean an 'upturned arch') and Psychology, where it is no longer a common term, to mean 'a [usually male] homosexual'. "The inverts (a word preferred by homosexuals to perverts) attempt to win converts" (R. Reisner (1974) ''Graffiti'' viii. 115, cited in ''[[OED]]''.
*The [[verb]] 'to '''invert'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> has the stress on the second syllable: 'in-VERT', {{IPA|Éªn ËˆvÉœrt}}. This is the commonest of the three. Its general meaning is 'to turn upside down', or 'to change the relative position of'; it has further technical senses in such subjects as Music, Information Technology and Mathematics. Rarely, it can mean 'to turn inwards', a meaning to be found in Medicine, and which contributed to the earl;y us in Psychology to mean 'having homosexual feelings', as in "Sexual inversion - that is, the turning-in of the sex instinct towards individuals of the same sex" (Godfrey, J. A. (1901) ''Sci. Sex'' v. 206, cited in ''[[OED]]'').

::'''''[[etymology|Etymological]] note''''':'''Invert''', in all word classes, is formed from [[Latin]] ''in-'', 'in' or 'on', or 'towards'; + ''vert[Ä“re]'', 'to turn'.
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 **in linguistic [[phonetics]], certain consonants realized with the tip of the tongue 'inverted' (turned back) against the hard palate, which are also known as '''retroflex''' (AWE's preferred term), 'cacuminal', 'coronal', 'domal' or 'cerebral', such as the '-r-' characteristic of languages and [[Accent and dialect|accents]] of English spoken in the Indian peninsula.
 **in punctuation, see AWE's article on the [[Inverted comma]]
-**in [[Prosody in verse|prosody]], '''inverted foot''' is an alternative name for the [[reversed foot]], ''q.v.''. )The term has very different meanings in the fields of anatomy, physiology and medicine, where it refers to some formations of the structure at the ends of limbs - lower limbs in the case of humans.)
+**in [[Prosody in verse|prosody]], '''inverted foot''' is an alternative name for the [[reversed foot]], ''q.v.''. )
 **in Mathematics, related subjects and in Logic, '''inverted''' operations are those which, being the reverse of one operation (A), will produce the starting-point of A when applied to its results
 **in Chemistry and cookery, '''inverted sugar''' (also 'an 'invert sugar') is valued for its sweetness and ability to prevent crystals forming in preparations of ordinary sugar. It is a mixture of glucose and fructose produced by hydrolysis of sucrose, and is an example of the chemical process of '''inversion''' - altering the optical polarity, or light-rotating property, of a molecule.

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 **in linguistic [[phonetics]], certain consonants realized with the tip of the tongue 'inverted' (turned back) against the hard palate, which are also known as '''retroflex''' (AWE's preferred term), 'cacuminal', 'coronal', 'domal' or 'cerebral', such as the '-r-' characteristic of languages and [[Accent and dialect|accents]] of English spoken in the Indian peninsula.
 **in punctuation, see AWE's article on the [[Inverted comma]]
 **in [[Prosody in verse|prosody]], '''inverted foot''' is an alternative name for the [[reversed foot]], ''q.v.''. )The term has very different meanings in the fields of anatomy, physiology and medicine, where it refers to some formations of the structure at the ends of limbs - lower limbs in the case of humans.)
-**in Mathematics and in Logic,
+**in Mathematics, related subjects and in Logic, '''inverted''' operations are those which, being the reverse of one operation (A), will produce the starting-point of A when applied to its results
-**in Chemistry, an '''inverted sugar''' (also 'an 'invert sugar') is
+**in Chemistry and cookery, '''inverted sugar''' (also 'an 'invert sugar') is valued for its sweetness and ability to prevent crystals forming in preparations of ordinary sugar. It is a mixture of glucose and fructose produced by hydrolysis of sucrose, and is an example of the chemical process of '''inversion''' - altering the optical polarity, or light-rotating property, of a molecule.
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 **in Music, an '''inverted chord''' is one in which the lowest note is no longer the root of the chord - for example, a C Major chord (the noteds C, E and G, in that order as a root chord) has a 'first inversion' of E - G - C, and a 'second inversion' of G - C - E.
 **in linguistic [[phonetics]], certain consonants realized with the tip of the tongue 'inverted' (turned back) against the hard palate, which are also known as '''retroflex''' (AWE's preferred term), 'cacuminal', 'coronal', 'domal' or 'cerebral', such as the '-r-' characteristic of languages and [[Accent and dialect|accents]] of English spoken in the Indian peninsula.
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-**in [[Prosody in verse|prosody]], '''inverted foot''' is an alternative name for the [[reversed foot]], ''q.v.''
+**in [[Prosody in verse|prosody]], '''inverted foot''' is an alternative name for the [[reversed foot]], ''q.v.''. )The term has very different meanings in the fields of anatomy, physiology and medicine, where it refers to some formations of the structure at the ends of limbs - lower limbs in the case of humans.)
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 *The [[adjective]] '''invert''' has the stress on the first syllable: 'IN-vert', {{IPA|'ɪnv ɛ<sup>r</sup>t}}. This is mostly a technical term in Chemistry.
 *The [[noun]] 'an '''invert'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> also has the stress on the first syllable: 'IN-vert', {{IPA|'ɪnv ɛ<sup>r</sup>t}}. This is also a technical term, used in Engineering (to mean an 'upturned arch') and Psychology, where it is no longer a common term, to mean 'a [usually male] homosexual'. "The inverts (a word preferred by homosexuals to perverts) attempt to win converts" (R. Reisner (1974) ''Graffiti'' viii. 115, cited in ''[[OED]]''.
-*The [[verb]] 'to '''invert'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> has the stress on the second syllable: 'in-VERT', {{IPA|ɪnv 'ɛ<sup>r</sup>t}}. This is the commonest of the three. Its general meaning is 'to turn upside down', or 'to change the relative position of'; it has further technical senses in such subjects as Music, Information Technology and Mathematics. Rarely, it can mean 'to turn inwards', a meaning to be found in Medicine, and which contributed to the early use in Psychology to mean 'having homosexual feelings', as in "Sexual inversion - that is, the turning-in of the sex instinct towards individuals of the same sex" (Godfrey, J. A. (1901) ''Sci. Sex'' v. 206, cited in ''[[OED]]'').
+*The [[verb]] 'to '''invert'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> has the stress on the second syllable: 'in-VERT', {{IPA|ɪnv 'ɛ<sup>r</sup>t}}. This is the commonest '''invert''' among the three [[word class]]es. Its general meaning is 'to turn upside down', or 'to change the relative position of'; it has further technical senses in such subjects as Music, Information Technology and Mathematics. Rarely, it can mean 'to turn inwards', a meaning to be found in Medicine, and which contributed to the early use in Psychology to mean 'having homosexual feelings', as in "Sexual inversion - that is, the turning-in of the sex instinct towards individuals of the same sex" (Godfrey, J. A. (1901) ''Sci. Sex'' v. 206, cited in ''[[OED]]'').
-*The [[-ed participle]] '''inverted''' has various uses, some technical, of which some that may be of use to readers of AWE are:
+*The [[-ed participle]] '''inverted''', whose general meaning is 'turned around', 'turned upside-down', 'turned over', 'reversed' etc., has various uses, some technical. Some of these which may be of use to readers of AWE are:
 **in [[Prosody in verse|prosody]], '''inverted foot''' is an alternative name for the [[reversed foot]], ''q.v.''

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 *The [[verb]] 'to '''invert'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> has the stress on the second syllable: 'in-VERT', {{IPA|ɪnv 'ɛ<sup>r</sup>t}}. This is the commonest of the three. Its general meaning is 'to turn upside down', or 'to change the relative position of'; it has further technical senses in such subjects as Music, Information Technology and Mathematics. Rarely, it can mean 'to turn inwards', a meaning to be found in Medicine, and which contributed to the early use in Psychology to mean 'having homosexual feelings', as in "Sexual inversion - that is, the turning-in of the sex instinct towards individuals of the same sex" (Godfrey, J. A. (1901) ''Sci. Sex'' v. 206, cited in ''[[OED]]'').
 *The [[-ed participle]] '''inverted''' has various uses, some technical, of which some that may be of use to readers of AWE are:
-**in [[Prosody in verse|prosody]], an '''inverted foot''' is a [[Metrical foot|foot]], most often at  the start of a line, in which the stressed and unstressed syllables are used in the unexpected order, such as, for example, when the first foot of an [[iambic]] [[pentameter]] is not an [[iamb]], but a [[trochee]], as in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''Measure for Measure'' (I iii 117)
-::::Aye, but to die, and to go we know not where
+**in Music, {{wip}}
-where Claudio's horror at the thought of his impending execution is emphasized by {{wip}}
+**in [[phonetics]],
-::'''''[[etymology|Etymological]] note''''':'''Invert''', in all word classes, is formed from [[Latin]] ''in-'', 'in' or 'on', or 'towards'; + ''vertĕre]'', 'to turn'.
+**in [[Prosody in verse|prosody]], '''inverted foot''' is an alternative name for the [[reversed foot]], ''q.v.''
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 The pronunciation of the word '''invert''' varies according to [[word class]].
-*The [[adjective]] '''invert''' has the stress on the first syllable: 'IN-vert', {{IPA|ËˆÉªn vÉœ<sup>r</sup>t}}. This is mostly a technical term in Chemistry.
+*The [[adjective]] '''invert''' has the stress on the first syllable: 'IN-vert', {{IPA|'ɪnv ɛ<sup>r</sup>t}}. This is mostly a technical term in Chemistry.
-*The [[noun]] 'an '''invert'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> also has the stress on the first syllable: 'IN-vert', {{IPA|ËˆÉªn vÉœ<sup>r</sup>t}}. This is also a technical term, used in Engineering (to mean an 'upturned arch') and Psychology, where it is no longer a common term, to mean 'a [usually male] homosexual'. "The inverts (a word preferred by homosexuals to perverts) attempt to win converts" (R. Reisner (1974) ''Graffiti'' viii. 115, cited in ''[[OED]]''.
+*The [[noun]] 'an '''invert'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> also has the stress on the first syllable: 'IN-vert', {{IPA|'ɪnv ɛ<sup>r</sup>t}}. This is also a technical term, used in Engineering (to mean an 'upturned arch') and Psychology, where it is no longer a common term, to mean 'a [usually male] homosexual'. "The inverts (a word preferred by homosexuals to perverts) attempt to win converts" (R. Reisner (1974) ''Graffiti'' viii. 115, cited in ''[[OED]]''.
-*The [[verb]] 'to '''invert'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> has the stress on the second syllable: 'in-VERT', {{IPA|Éªn ËˆvÉœ<sup>r</sup>t}}. This is the commonest of the three. Its general meaning is 'to turn upside down', or 'to change the relative position of'; it has further technical senses in such subjects as Music, Information Technology and Mathematics. Rarely, it can mean 'to turn inwards', a meaning to be found in Medicine, and which contributed to the earl;y us in Psychology to mean 'having homosexual feelings', as in "Sexual inversion - that is, the turning-in of the sex instinct towards individuals of the same sex" (Godfrey, J. A. (1901) ''Sci. Sex'' v. 206, cited in ''[[OED]]'').
+*The [[verb]] 'to '''invert'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> has the stress on the second syllable: 'in-VERT', {{IPA|ɪnv 'ɛ<sup>r</sup>t}}. This is the commonest of the three. Its general meaning is 'to turn upside down', or 'to change the relative position of'; it has further technical senses in such subjects as Music, Information Technology and Mathematics. Rarely, it can mean 'to turn inwards', a meaning to be found in Medicine, and which contributed to the early use in Psychology to mean 'having homosexual feelings', as in "Sexual inversion - that is, the turning-in of the sex instinct towards individuals of the same sex" (Godfrey, J. A. (1901) ''Sci. Sex'' v. 206, cited in ''[[OED]]'').
 ::'''''[[etymology|Etymological]] note''''':'''Invert''', in all word classes, is formed from [[Latin]] ''in-'', 'in' or 'on', or 'towards'; + ''vert[Ä“re]'', 'to turn'.