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Ev·ert  (vrt), Christine Marie Born 1954.
American tennis player who won women's singles titles at the U.S. Open (1975-1978, 1980, and 1982) and Wimbledon (1974, 1976, and 1981).

e·vert  (-vûrt)
tr.v. e·vert·ed, e·vert·ing, e·verts
To turn inside out or outward.

[Back-formation from Middle English everted, turned upside down, from Latin vertus, past participle of vertere, to overturn : -, ex-, ex- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.everting - the act of turning inside out
movement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"


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In addition, some of these traditional products are applied by everting the lid, moistening the product with saliva, and rubbing the compound directly onto the tarsus.
The neutral position of the subtalar joint was determined by palpating the talus while inverting and everting the foot until bony congruity was palpated, as described by Smith et al.
Intuition suggests that the mathematical problem of everting a sphere without allowing creases can't be solved.
 
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