in vermination

[Lat. in- = within, and verminatio (gen it. vermination is )=the worms, the bots; from vermino, to be troubled with worms; vermis = a worm.] The same as HELMINTHIASIS (q. v.). *In-ver-năc-u-lō, s . [Sp.] A greenhouse for preserving plants in winter. In-verse', a. [O. Fr. invers (Fr. inverse ), from Lat. in versus , pa. par. of in ver to =to invert (q. v.); Ital. & Sp. in verso .] I. Ord. Lang.: Opposite in order or relation; inverted, reciprocal; opposed to direct. II. Technically : 1. Bot .: The same as INVERTED (q. v.). 2. Math .: Two operations are inverse, when the one is exactly contrary to the other, or when, being performed in succe ion upon a given quantity, that quantity remains unaltered. Addition and subtraction are inverse operations, for, if we add to a the quantity b, and from the sum subtract the quantity b, the result will be a. Multiplication and division, raising to powers and extracting roots, differentiation and integration, are all inverse operations. If two variable quantities are connected by an equation, either one is a function of the other. If it be agreed to call the first a direct function of the second, then is the second an inverse function of the first. The forms of direct and inverse functions, as dependent upon the connecting equation, may be determined by solving the equation with respect to each function separately. 2368 by inverting the intervals of which it consists. 7. Rhet .: A mode of argument by which the speaker tries to show that the arguments of his opponent tell against his own cause, and in favor of the speaker's. In-vērt', v . t . [Lat. in ver to =to turn over: in toward, up, and ver to =to turn; Ital. invertere .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. To turn upside down; to place in an inverse or contrary position or order. "The spear inverted, streaks the dust around." Pitt: Virgil's Æneid, L. 2. To divert; to turn into another channel or to another purpose; to embezzle. IMG:content-0025.png:[blocks in formation]