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in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.

Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.

ch.), a pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex.

scles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed.

nerated by the passage of the current in one direction will be absorbed if the current is reversed.

A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond.

inning, like that of the triclinic feldspar, producing fine parallel bands in alternately reversed positions.

in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.

An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope. Wheatstone.

f, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image.

Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.

Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.

The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed. Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure. Sir H. Wotton.

Reversed; as, a reverse shell. Reverse bearing (Surv.), the bearing of a back station as observed from the station next in advance. -- Reverse curve (Railways), a curve like the letter S, formed of two curves bending in opposite directions. -- Reverse fire (Mil.), a fire in the rear. -- Reverse operation (Math.), an…

Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.

Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed. Reversing engine, a steam engine having a reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either direction at will. -- Reversing gear (Mach.), gear for reversing the direction of rotation at will.

Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.

ammer. (a) A hammer the head of which is not tightly fastened upon the handle, but may be reversed. Knight. (b) A hammer with a concave face which forms a die for shaping anything, as the end of a bolt, rivet, etc. -- Set line, a line to which a number of baited hooks are attached, and which, supported by floats and p…

Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.

hrust plane (Geol.), the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.