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Meaning of inverted exclamation point

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

inverted

verb

Definitions

  1. To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

    Example: to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.

  2. To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.

  3. To undergo inversion, as sugar.

  4. To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having the order or direction changed; for example turned upside down, reversed or in any other way opposite or contrary.

  2. Homosexual.

  3. (of a chord) Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher.

  4. (of sugar) Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar.