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 Translation for 'invert' from English to French
NOUN   an invert | inverts
VERB   to invert | inverted | inverted
inverting | inverts
SYNO to invert | to reverse | to turn back
retourner qc. [objet]to invert sth.
math.optiquephys.
renverser qc. [image, fraction]
to invert sth.
invertie {f} [vieux] [péj.] [homosexuel]invert [archaic] [pej.] [female homosexual]
inverti {m} [vieux] [péj.] [homosexuel]invert [archaic] [pej.] [homosexual]
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Usage Examples English
  • This is an "invert emulsion" or "inverted emulsion", in which the formerly continuous phase has become the dispersed phase and vice versa.
  • Ground movement within the railway tunnel has caused issues for the railway line since the 1960s when the invert was found to be rising, with work in 1965, 1983 and 2009.
  • In April 2021, the last concrete "invert pour" on the line was completed at Eglinton station.
  • Among philatelists, the Americana series is most famous for the CIA invert.
  • It uses the running disparity to selectively invert characters.

  • Games using the Build engine had an option to invert the Y-axis.
  • One of the ingredients in Swedish Fish is invert sugar, a combination of glucose and fructose. Invert sugar is important in Swedish Fish due to its ability to retain moisture.
  • Generally, C-elements with different timing assumptions can be built on AND-OR-Invert (AOI) or its dual, OR-AND-Invert (OAI) gate and inverter.
  • In modern recipes and in commercial production, glucose (from corn syrup or wheat) or invert sugar is added to prevent crystallization, making up 10%–50% of the sugars by mass.
  • The bus-invert encoding technique uses an extra signal (INV) to indicate the "polarity" of the data.

  • The muscles tibialis anterior and tibialis posterior invert the foot.
  • It is sweeter than table sugar, and foods that contain invert sugar retain moisture better and crystallize less easily than do those that use table sugar instead.
  • Females invert and deposit eggs on the ceiling and occasionally the guardian male will invert to a head-to-tail position and fertilize the eggs.
  • The 1904 Pictorial 4d Lake Taupo invert is an invert error on a postage and revenue stamp issued by New Zealand which is considered to be the country's rarest stamp.
  • In 1983, the British Waterways Board had [...] of the brick invert replaced with concrete as a result of the invert rising sufficiently to impede navigation.

  • In civil engineering, the invert level is the base interior level of a pipe, trench or tunnel; it can be considered the "floor" level.
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