invert : Idioms & Phrases

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invert soap

  • noun a class of synthetic detergents in which the surface-active part of the molecule is the cation
    cationic detergent.
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Invert sugar

  • noun a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose
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  • (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or dextrose obtained from starch. See Inversion, Dextrose, Levulose, and Sugar.
Webster 1913

inverted comma

  • noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
    quotation mark; quote.
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inverted hang

  • noun a hang performed on the rings with the body upside down
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inverted pleat

  • noun a box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward
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