"Inversion" is a word in ENGLISH
The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or
the state of being inverted.
A change by inverted order; a reversed position or
arrangement of things; transposition.
Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower
part change places.
Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an
octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc.
The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under
the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or
split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also,
less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape
sugar (dextrose).
Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its
root, is made the bass.
A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure
is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the
original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the
inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse.
A method of reasoning in which the orator shows that
arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really
favorable to his cause.
A change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, \"of
all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable,\" instead of,
\"impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices.\"
The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by
upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be
reversed.
Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of
which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising
instead of falling, or vice versa.
A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in
line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right,
and so on.
A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so
that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the
third.
One must avoid snobbery and misanthropy. But one must also be unafraid to criticise those who reach for the lowest common denominator, and who sometimes succeed in finding it. This criticism would be effortless if there were no "people" waiting for just such an appeal. Any fool can lampoon a king or a bishop or a billionaire. A trifle more grit is required to face down a mob, or even a studio audience that has decided it knows what it wants and is entitled to get it. And the fact that kings and bishops and billionaires often have more say than most in forming appetites and emotions of the crowd is not irrelevant, either.
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