inverse

Meanings

Plural: inverses

Noun

• something inverted in sequence or character or effect
  • "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"
• An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
• The result of an inversion
• The reverse of any procedure or process.
• The result of an inversion
• A ratio etc. in which the antecedents and consequents are switched.
• The result of an inversion
• The result of a circle inversion; the set of all such points; the curve described by such a set.
• The result of an inversion
• The non-truth-preserving proposition constructed by negating both the premise and conclusion of an initially given proposition.
• A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically:
• The negative of a given number.
• A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically:
• One divided by a given number.
• A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically:
• A second function which, when combined with the initially given function, yields as its output any term inputted into the first function.
• A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
• The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
• A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.

Adjective Satellite

• reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

Adjective

• opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
  • "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)"

Adj

• Opposite in effect, nature or order.
• Reverse, opposite in order.
• Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
• Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
• That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
• Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).

Verb

• To compute the bearing and distance between two points.

Synonyms

additive inverse, compositional inverse, inverse curve, inverse point, multiplicative inverse, opposite, reverse

Antonyms

compute, direct

Related Words

contraposition, converse, inversion, inversional, inversive, obverse, reverse, reversion, reversional, reversive

Anagrams of inverse