inverting
換向
inverting
反向
In·vert v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inverting.]
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.
That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears,
As if these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak.
Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,
Wanting its proper base to stand upon. --Cowper.
2. Mus. To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.]
4. Chem. To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.