noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
rolling over; turning over
Physical act of something flipping or turning over, such as a vehicle, object, or body.
トラックが横転して反転した。
The truck rolled onto its side and flipped over.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
Turning something around to face the opposite direction, reversing a course, or inverting order/position. Common in abstract and concrete contexts.
状況が一瞬で反転した。
The situation reversed in an instant.
画像を左右に反転させる。
Flip the image horizontally.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
Photography term for inverting tones, such as making a positive print from a negative film or vice versa.
ネガを反転してポジを作る。
Invert the negative to make a positive.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
circle inversion; plane inversion
Mathematical transformation that maps points inside a circle to points outside, or vice versa.
反転を用いて幾何学的な問題を解く。
Solve geometric problems using inversion.