反転(はんてん)

はんてん
noun, verb (suru)
reversal; inversion; to flip; to reverse
1. reversal, inversion, flipping
Turning something to its opposite state — flipping an image, reversing a direction, or inverting a position. Used for physical rotation as well as abstract reversals of situation or trend.
画像(がぞう)を反転(はんてん)する。
Flip the image.
左右(さゆう)反転(はんてん)で写真(しゃしん)を保存(ほぞん)した。
I saved the photo with a horizontal flip.
試合(しあい)の流(なが)れが一気(いっき)に反転(はんてん)した。
The momentum of the game reversed all at once.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 左右(さゆう)反転(はんてん) (horizontal flip / mirror image)
  • 上下(じょうげ)反転(はんてん) (vertical flip)
  • 反転(はんてん)攻勢(こうせい) (turning to the offensive)
  • 白黒(しろくろ)反転(はんてん) (black-and-white inversion)

USAGE NOTES:
Very common in digital image editing, photography, and design contexts. Also used in sports and news to describe a dramatic turnaround in circumstances. The homophone 斑点(はんてん) (spot, speckle) is a different word.

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