Inversion vs. Hyperbaton — What's the Difference?

The action of inverting something or the state of being inverted

Hyperbaton , in its original meaning, is a figure of speech in which a phrase is made discontinuous by the insertion of other words. In modern usage, the term is also used more generally for figures of speech that transpose sentences' natural word order, and it is also called an anastrophe.

A reversal of the normal decrease of air temperature with altitude, or of water temperature with depth.

A figure of speech that uses deviation from normal or logical word order for rhetorical effect, as in anastrophe or hysteron proteron.

The process of finding a quantity, function, etc. from a given one such that the product of the two under a particular operation is the identity.

(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.

The action or practice of relocating a multinational company's legal residence to a jurisdiction where taxes are levied at a lower rate

(rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.

Homosexuality.

A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed."

The act of inverting.

Reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')

The state of being inverted.

An interchange of position of adjacent objects in a sequence, especially a change in normal word order, such as the placement of a verb before its subject.

A rearrangement of tones in which the upper and lower voices of a melody are transposed, as in counterpoint.

A rearrangement of tones in which each interval in a single melody is applied in the opposite direction.

An arrangement of the tones of a chord such that the root is not the lowest pitch, as in the rearrangement of the C-major triad CEG to EGC.

(Psychology) In early psychology, behavior or attitudes in an individual considered typical of the opposite sex, including sexual attraction to members of one's own sex. No longer in scientific use.

(Chemistry) Conversion of a substance in which the direction of optical rotation is reversed, from the dextrorotatory to the levorotatory or from the levorotatory to the dextrorotatory form.

(Meteorology) An atmospheric condition in which the air temperature rises with increasing altitude, holding surface air down and preventing dispersion of pollutants.

(Genetics) A chromosomal rearrangement in which a segment of the chromosome breaks off and reattaches in the reverse direction.

The action of inverting.

The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence.

(music) The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.

(music) The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note.

(music) The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour.

(genetics) A segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome.

(meteorology) A situation where air temperature increases with altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air).

A section of a roller coaster where passengers are temporarily turned upside down.

(grammar) deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.

(algebra) An operation on a group, analogous to negation.

, particularly in early psychoanalysis.

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.

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.

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 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."

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.

Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc.

The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed.

The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or enzymes (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).

A reversal of the usual temperature gradient of the atmosphere, in which the temperature increases with increased altitude, rather than falling. Called also temperature inversion.

The conversion of direct current into alternating current; the inverse of rectification. See inverted rectifier.

A portion of the genome in which the DNA has been turned around, and runs in a direction opposite to its normal direction, and consequently the genes are present in the reverse of their usual order.

The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer

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 chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa

(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed

The reversal of the normal order of words

(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ll ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa

A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex

Turning upside down; setting on end

The act of turning inside out