Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which inverts or changes the direction, as of an electric current; in electricity, a commutator.
- noun That which turns in: said of certain muscles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which
inverts - noun anatomy Any
muscle that turns a body partinwards
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Examples
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Transplantation may also be performed to replace a muscle which is quite inactive and does not show any sign of recovery -- for example, the tibiales being paralysed, the peroneus longus may be implanted into the navicular or first metatarsal to act as an invertor of the foot.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Unless the manufacturer implements the power receptor inside its cellphone, you have to put your phone in a special case that plugs in the phone power plug and hosts a receptor/invertor inside the case body.
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You must also have relevant qualifications (City & Guilds or higher) in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, or three phase power, or invertor power supplies.
ZDNet UK Highlights 2010
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The old bikes incorporate donated Fisher and Paykel smart drive washing machine components to generate around 800 watts at 12 volts which is then converted to 240 volts to power an amplifier or mixer - by way of an invertor and a bank of donated old truck batteries.
NZ On Screen 2010
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You must also have relevant qualifications (City & Guilds or higher) in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, or three phase power, or invertor power supplies.
ZDNet UK Highlights 2010
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Once again, you could use the battery directly, but if you want to run an electric light or a water heating system, you need the battery powering an invertor to produce 240 V in the UK
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The old bikes incorporate donated Fisher and Paykel smart drive washing machine components to generate around 800 watts at 12 volts which is then converted to 240 volts to power an amplifier or mixer - by way of an invertor and a bank of donated old truck batteries.
NZ On Screen 2010
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Once again, you could use the battery directly, but if you want to run an electric light or a water heating system, you need the battery powering an invertor to produce 240 V in the UK
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The old bikes incorporate donated Fisher and Paykel smart drive washing machine components to generate around 800 watts at 12 volts which is then converted to 240 volts to power an amplifier or mixer - by way of an invertor and a bank of donated old truck batteries.
NZ On Screen 2010
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When arriving on a river pontoon, and you want to show your guests how you can watch a major event, The Grand National for example, on your brand new TV installation running off the invertor, make sure you have switched off the immersion heater and battery charger previously left on from leaving your home berth.
YBW News 2009
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