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reversed

1. (Science: botany) Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically, sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.

2. Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree.

(Science: photography) Reversed positive or negative, a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left.


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