Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second inversion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
sec-ond in-ver-sion
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The position of a chord when the fifth of the chord is the lowest note.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does second inversion mean?
The position of a chord when the fifth of the chord is the lowest note.

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