inverse.
Opposite in effect, nature or order.
Meaning & usage
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.
Multiplication is the inverse operation to division.
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.
A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle.
Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
Where this word comes from
Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“against, in”) + vertere (“to turn”).
An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
Cowgirl is the inverse of missionary.
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.
Where this word comes from
Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“against, in”) + vertere (“to turn”).
To compute the bearing and distance between two points.
Where this word comes from
Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“against, in”) + vertere (“to turn”).
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