inversi

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch inversie,[1] from French inversion.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪn.ˈvɛr.si/
  • Rhymes: -si, -i
  • Hyphenation: in‧ver‧si

Noun

inversi (plural inversi-inversi, first-person possessive inversiku, second-person possessive inversimu, third-person possessive inversinya)

  1. inversion:
    1. The action of inverting. Being in an inverted state; being upside down or in a reverse sequence.
      Synonym: pembalikan
    2. (grammar) 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
    3. (psychology) homosexuality
      Synonym: homosexualitas
    4. (biochemistry) a chemical reaction converting sucrose into glucose and fructose.
    5. (geology) the relative uplift of a previously basinal area resulting from local shortening, in structural geology.
    6. (anatomy, kinesiology) movement of the sole towards the median plane.
      Antonym: eversi
  2. inverse:
    1. An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
    2. The result of an inversion.
    3. The reverse of any procedure or process.
    4. (mathematics) A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element.
    5. (logic) a type of conditional sentence which is an immediate inference made from another conditional sentence.
      Synonym: songsangan (Standard Malay)
  3. (medicine) situs inversus.

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • inversi angin pasat
  • inversi endap
  • inversi golak-galik
  • inversi permukaan
  • inversi radiasi
  • inversi seksualis
  • inversi suhu
  • inversi testis

References
  1. Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎, Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Italian

Noun

inversi m

  1. plural of inverso

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

inversī

  1. inflection of inversus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular
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