Interversion
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The swapping of positions within a sequence; transposition or permutation. countable, uncountable
"Interversion of the order between wife, concubine and slave girl was always to be feared, and appropriate provisions appeared in the T'ang code and its successors."
- 2 Embezzlement. countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
- 3 A composition technique in which a sequence of elements composed of notes or rhythms is repeated in permuted orders. countable, uncountable
"Reti's explanation that interversion is sometimes responsible for thematic unity, while without academic precedent, is based upon an acute perception of musical structure."
- 4 The process of changing a subsidiary title, such as that of a tenant, to one that is independently held. countable, uncountable
"Interversion is effected by a conveyance from the owner of land to his tenant, who thereafter will hold in virtue of the extrinsic cause contemplated by the rule, and also when the land comes to the tenant by descent."
Example
More examples"Interversion of the order between wife, concubine and slave girl was always to be feared, and appropriate provisions appeared in the T'ang code and its successors."
Etymology
From French interversion.
From Late Latin interversiĊ.
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