English Dictionary

invert

/ɪnˈvɜːt/

noun

(obsolete, psychology) A homosexual. / (architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *

The invert of a number is obtained by changing its sign.

意味（1）

(obsolete, psychology) A homosexual.

We can seldom, therefore, congratulate ourselves on the success of any cure of inversion. The success is unlikely to be either permanent or complete, in the case of a decided invert; and in the most successful cases we have simply put into the invert's hands a power of reproduction which it is undesirable he should possess.

意味（2）

(architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *

意味（3）

The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.

意味（4）

(civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.

意味（5）

(civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.

意味（6）

A skateboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.