The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence.
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 action of inverting.
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.
An act of turning something backwards or upside down, or the situation that something is in after this has happened.
A situation where the natural order of things has been upset.
Chaos, confusion, disorder.
To turn topsy-turvy or upside down; to invert.
To throw into chaos or disorder; to upset.
Backwards or upside down; also, having been overturned or upset.
Not in the natural order of things; in a disorderly manner; chaotically.
Chaotic; disorderly.
Backwards or upside down.