Both Uses of
invert
in
The Fountainhead
- It was an act of clenched teeth and hatred, it was the unendurable, the agony, an act of passion—the word born to mean suffering—it was the moment made of hatred, tension, pain—the moment that broke its own elements, inverted them, triumphed, swept into a denial of all suffering, into its antithesis, into ecstasy.†
Chpt 2.8inverted = turned in the opposite position -- such as upside down, inside out, or (of two things) in switched position
- His little mouth was shaped like a v in eternal good cheer; his eyebrows were tiny v's inverted over round, blue eyes; his hair, rich, white and waved, looked like a wig, but was real.†
Chpt 2.10 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(invert) to turn something upside down, inside out, or reverse its position, order, or meaning
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Invert can also be used in specialized senses in music, logic, mathematics, chemistry and other areas. See the related Wikipedia article for discussions in different specialties.