inversion
The action of inverting.
Other meanings
The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out or in a reverse sequence.
The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
Related words
- coinversion
- inversional
- inversionism
- inversionist
- inversionless
- microinversion
- noninversion
- pseudoinversion
- reinversion
- rotoinversion
- stereoinversion
- uninversion
Word history
From Latin "inversio".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “inversion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.