The state of being inflamed
A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
The action of inverting.
The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note.
A situation where air temperature increases with altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air).
A section of a roller coaster where passengers are temporarily turned upside down.
An operation on a group, analogous to negation.
The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour.
Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.
A segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome.
The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence.