turning upside down; setting on end | a change of position that does not entail a change of location |
the act of turning inside out | the act of changing the location of something |
a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end |
the reversal of the normal order of words | the act of changing location from one place to another |
(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa | the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) |
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed | a general tendency to change (as of opinion) |
the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer | a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata |
a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth) | a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals |
| an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object |
| a euphemism for defecation |