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Amusement Park Physics - Rollercoaster
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- A final set of wheels keeps the coaster on the track even if it's inverted.†
*inverted = turned in the opposite position -- such as upside down, inside out, or (of two things) in switched position
- The first successful inverted coaster was introduced in 1992, and now you can find passengers riding in coasters with their feet dangling freely below them (and occasionally above them) as they circumnavigate the track.†
Definitions:
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(invert) to turn something upside down, inside out, or reverse its position, order, or meaning
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(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.